Thursday, 3 August 2006

SingTel's Mobile Subscriber Base Surpasses 92 Million

Singapore Telecommunications' regional mobile phone user base cashed in a whopping 92 million due to strong growth in India and Indonesia. On a year-on-year basis, SingTel's mobile users rose 30 percent from 71 million. The major portion of the growth came at SingTel's associates, Bharti in India and Indonesia's Telkomsel, the company said in a statement.

Bharti's mobile subscribers rose 88 percent over the year while Telkomsel recorded a 36 percent gain. SingTel's Australian subsidiary Optus added 8.8 percent year-on-year to bring its overall base to 6.56 million.

Compared to 1.55 million mobile users a year ago SingTel has 1.62 users now. SingTel also has stakes in Thailand mobile operator Advanced Info Service (AIS), Globe Telecom in the Philippines and in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL) as well.