Singapore nearing 8 mln broadband subscribers

Telecompaper, 14 Mar 2011Singapore ended January with 7.307 million mobile subscribers, up from 7.289 million in December last year. The mobile penetration rate stood at 143.9 percent, compared with 143.6 percent in the prior month, according to figures from regulator IDA. Of the total mobile subscribers in Singapore, 280,600 are 2G postpaid subscribers, 2.234 million are 2G prepaid subscribers,