SingTel Passes 22 Million Subscriber Mark

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced that its aggregate mobile subscriber base in the Asia Pacific has crossed the 22 million mark. As at 31 March 2002, the combined mobile subscribers of SingTel Mobile (Singapore), Optus Mobile (Australia), Advanced Info Service (Thailand), Bharti Group (India), Globe Telecom (Philippines) and Telkomsel (Indonesia) stood at 22.29 million, an increase of 13.8% compared to the combined base as at December 2001. On a proportionate basis, SingTel's regional mobile subscriber base was 9.7 million as at 31 March 2002. This was an 8.7% increase over the preceding three-month period.

In Singapore, SingTel Mobile's subscriber base increased 6.3% over three months to 1.49 million as at 31 March 2002. About 73% of the customers are on postpaid plans with an ARPU of about US$41.64 a month, the highest in the Singapore market. Australia's Optus Mobile's subscriber base increased to 4.16 million as at 31 March 2002. It has improved its estimated market share to 33.6%. ARPUs showed improvements due to a continued rational pricing environment and an increase in contribution from mobile data.'"

Posted to the site on 8th May 2002