Singapore: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 2,021,500 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 8.211 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 145 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: excellent service domestic: excellent domestic facilities; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity more than 180 telephones per 100 persons; multiple providers of high-speed Internet connectivity international: country code - 65; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 4; supplemented by VSAT coverage (2015) |
Broadcast media | state controls broadcast media; 8 domestic TV stations operated by MediaCorp which is wholly owned by a state investment company; broadcasts from Malaysian and Indonesian stations available; satellite dishes banned; multi-channel cable TV service availabl |
Internet country code | .sg |
Internet users | total: 4.659 million percent of population: 82.1% (July 2015 est.) |