This report provides a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in Singapore’s telecommunications market. The report analyses the Telecoms Infrastructure, mobile, fixed broadband, and Digital Economy sectors. Subjects include:
Singapore’s Mobile Market Set for Heightened Competition
The government launched its Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN) over a decade ago and the rollout is now essentially complete. It is based on a combination of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and wireless networks. The NGNBN has continued to form the basis of the government’s broadband strategy and implementation.
Singapore’s mobile market has displayed slow growth over the last few years due to a highly mature market. It remains highly competitive and operators have moved to a customer satisfaction and retention phase by offering value-added services as the market has matured. Very slow growth is also predicted over the next five years to 2023, due to the highly saturated market.
Competition is now heating up in Singapore’s mobile market with a fourth provider Australian telco TPG Telecom launching mobile services. Also, local ISP MyRepublic launched its mobile services via an MNVO arrangement in partnership with mobile operator Starhub. This is likely to see increased pressure on SingTel, Starhub and M1, potentially triggering another price war.
Singapore saw strong growth in mobile broadband penetration up to 2013, however since then growth has been slow due to a mature and saturated mobile market. A significant proportion of the population now have more than one mobile broadband account. Very slow growth is predicted over the next five years to 2023. The mobile broadband market will be driven by increasingly faster speeds offered by the mobile operators as they roll out their 4G and 5G networks.
Singtel launched its FutureNow Innovation Centre (FIC) to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation.
Slow growth is predicted in the fixed broadband market to 2023 in a mature and saturated market.
Local ISP MyRepublic launched its mobile services via an MNVO arrangement in partnership with mobile operator Starhub.
5.5.3 Cyber Security Centre
6.1.2 Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN)
6.1.3 Broadband statistics and Forecast
7.2 Smart Nation initiative
9.2.1 Mobile Statistics and Forecasts
9.3.1 Spectrum Auctions 2017
9.4.7 HetNet
9.4.8 Radio Dot System
9.4.9 Lampsite Trials
9.4.10 Satellite mobile
9.4.11 Light Fidelity (Li-Fi)
9.5.6 MNVOs
Table 4 – SingTel (Group) – Operating Revenue, EBITDA -2015 - 2018
Table 5 – Fixed Telephone Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 - 2018
Table 6 – Historic – Fixed Telephone Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 1998 - 2006
Table 9 – Fixed Broadband Subscribers – By Access Type – 2008 - 2018
Table 10 – Total Broadband subscribers (Fixed and Wireless) and Annual Growth– 1999 - 2018
Table 29 – SingTel’s pay TV subscribers (millions)– 2007 - 2018
Table 30 – StarHub pay TV subscribers – 2010 - 2018
Table 37 – ARPU – postpaid and prepaid by mobile operator – 2014 - 2018
Table 45 – SingTel – Singapore market – key operational subscriber (millions) – 2013 - 2018
Table 51 – Historic - StarHub – Operating revenue ($thousands) by market segment – 2014 - 2017
Chart 5 – Fixed Telephone Line Subscriptions and Penetration – 2007 - 2018
Chart 11 – Mobile Subscribers Market Share by 2G, 3G, 4G subscribers – 2012 - 2017