Internet country code | .sg |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 1,509,700 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 26 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 5.369 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 91% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | A wealthy city-state, Singapore has a highly developed ICT infrastructure; government supported near universal home broadband penetration and free public access to wireless network; the government's telecommunication regulator, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), issued awards in mid-2020 to telecom operators with the goal of having at least 50% of the city-state covered with a standalone 5G network by the end of 2022; government actively promoting Smart Nation initiative supporting digital innovation; government oversees service providers and controls Internet content; well served by submarine cable and satellite connections (2021) |
Domestic | Fixed-line is 32 per 100 and mobile-cellular 146 per 100 teledensity (2021) |
International | Country code - 65; landing points for INDIGO-West, SeaMeWe -3,-4,-5, SIGMAR, SJC, i2icn, PGASCOM, BSCS, IGG, B3JS, SAEx2, APCN-2, APG, ASC, SEAX-1, ASE, EAC-C2C, Matrix Cable System and SJC2 submarine cables providing links throughout Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3, Bukit Timah, Seletar, and Sentosa; supplemented by VSAT coverage (2019 ) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 1.906 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 32 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 9.351 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 156 (2022 est.) |
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