Be aware of scammers impersonating as IMDA officers and report any suspicious calls to the police. Please note that IMDA officers will never call you nor request for your personal information. For scam-related advice, please call the ScamShield Helpline at 1799 or go to www.ScamShield.gov.sg.

Statistics on Telecom Services for 1998 (Jan - Jun)

CATEGORY JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
CATEGORY Total Fixed Line Subscribers JAN 1,668,400 FEB 1,677,900 MAR 1,684,900 APR 1,688,700 MAY 1,693,300 JUN 1,698,300
CATEGORY Fixed Line Penetration Rate JAN 53.8 FEB 54.1 MAR 54.3 APR 54.4 MAY 54.6 JUN 53.7
CATEGORY Total Mobile Phone Subscribers JAN 776,800 FEB 799,500 MAR 848,600 APR 864,100 MAY 876,400 JUN 903,200
CATEGORY Mobile Phone Penetration Rate1 JAN 25.0 FEB 25.8 MAR 27.3 APR 27.8 MAY 28.2 JUN 28.6
CATEGORY Total Paging Subscribers JAN 1,326,300 FEB 1,342,200 MAR 1,348,400 APR 1,351,700 MAY 1,361,800 JUN 1,364,300
CATEGORY Paging Penetration Rate1 JAN 42.7 FEB 43.2 MAR 43.5 APR 43.6 MAY 43.9 JUN 43.1
CATEGORY Total Internet Dial-up Subscribers JAN 276,600 FEB 285,500 MAR 296,600 APR 306,700 MAY 316,700 JUN 328,800
CATEGORY Total Internet Leased Circuit Subscribers 2 JAN - FEB - MAR - APR - MAY - JUN -
CATEGORY International Outgoing Traffic (IDD) JAN 18.3m FEB 19.0m MAR 21.2m APR 19.9m MAY 20.6m JUN 20.4m
CATEGORY IDD Cumulative JAN 18.3m FEB 37.3m MAR 58.5m APR 78.4m MAY 99.0m JUN 119.4m
CATEGORY Total Mobile Data Subscribers2 JAN - FEB - MAR - APR - MAY - JUN -
CATEGORY Total Trunked Radio Subscribers2 JAN - FEB - MAR - APR - MAY - JUN -

All subscriber figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
All penetration figures rounded to the nearest decimal point.


1 Penetration rate figures from June 98 onwards have been re-computed, taking into account the revised population figures recently released by the Department of Statistics.

2 Monthly figures on these services have been made available only from October 98 onwards.

These telecom statistics are subject to revision from time to time to ensure accuracy.

LAST UPDATED: 30 JUL 2021