SingTel's Regional Mobile Subscriber Base Crosses 85-million Mark Year-on-year Growth of 31 per Cent.., Singapore Singapore (sĭng`gəpôr, sĭng`ə–, sĭng'gəpôr`), officially Republic of Singapore, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,426,000), 240 sq mi (625 sq km). , May 3, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Singapore Telecommunications Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGX: T48, ASX: sgt) (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) and formerly known as Telecom Equipment, is Singapore's largest telecommunications company. Limited (SingTel SingTel Singapore Telecommunication ) today announced that the aggregate number of its mobile subscribers in the region has exceeded 85 million. As at 31 March 2006, SingTel and its associates had 85 million customers, a 31 per cent increase from a year ago. This is the largest mobile customer base in Asia outside of China. On a proportionate pro·por·tion·ate adj. Being in due proportion; proportional. tr.v. pro·por·tion·at·ed, pro·por·tion·at·ing, pro·por·tion·ates To make proportionate. basis, SingTel's subscriber base in the seven markets -Australia, Bangladesh Bangladesh (bäng-lädĕsh`, băng–) [Bengali,=Bengal nation], officially People's Republic of Bangladesh, republic (2005 est. pop. 144,320,000), 55,126 sq mi (142,776 sq km), S Asia. , India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - increased 28 per cent from a year ago to more than 33 million. The strongest growth came from SingTel's two Asian mobile associates, Bharti and Telkomsel. On a year-on-year basis, Bharti posted record subscriber growth of 78 per cent while Telkomsel saw a 51 per cent jump in mobile subscribers. In the quarter, SingTel Optus acquired 189,000 customers, expanding its mobile customer base to 6.49 million. This was almost a 10 per cent increase year-on-year. The growth was achieved despite continued fierce competition in the Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. Australian cattle dog a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. mobile market. In Singapore, SingTel continued to lead the mobile market. As at 31 March 2006, its mobile subscriber base increased to 1.66 million, of which approximately 130,000 were 3G subscribers. The take up of 3G services has accelerated due to positive response to SingTel's revised 3G price plans and the increasing appeal and affordability of new 3G handset The part of the telephone that contains the speaker and the microphone. On a desktop phone, the part you hold in your hand is the handset. On a cellphone, the entire phone is the handset. See multihandset cordless and headset. models. More details of the market and financial performance of the seven mobile operations will be available when SingTel announces its results for the quarter and the full year ended 31 March 2006 on 4 May 2006.
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Aggregate Subscriber Base SingTel's Proportionate
(million) Subscriber Base (million)
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Mar 06 Dec 05 Mar 05 Mar 06 Dec 05 Mar 05
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Optus 6.49 6.30 5.92 6.49 6.30 5.92
SingTel 1.66 1.62 1.57 1.66 1.62 1.57
SingTel regional
associates 76.86 69.87 57.32 24.98 22.66 18.44
Total 85.00 77.79 64.81 33.13 30.58 25.93
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About Singapore Telecommunications SingTel, Asia's leading communications group, is reaping the benefits of an international expansion strategy which has been successfully developed over the last 15 years. With significant operations in Singapore and Australia (through wholly-owned subsidiary SingTel Optus), the Group provides a comprehensive portfolio of services that include voice and data services over fixed, wireless and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the platforms. SingTel Optus is a leading Australian integrated communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . The SingTel Group had a turnover of S$12.62 billion (US$7.65 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.27 billion (US$1.98 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2005. For the year, AIS, Bharti, Globe and Telkomsel contributed S$1.19 billion in pre-tax earnings (excluding exceptional items) to the Group. The four associates also contributed S$303. Source: Singapore Telecommunications Contact: Andrienne Tho Phone: +65 6838 3388 http://welcome.singtel.com/customer_service/cust_serv_emailus.asp Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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