Satellite dishes of Singtel, along Bukit Timah Expressway.

The telecommunication infrastructure of Singapore spans the entire city-state. Its development level is high, with close accessibility to the infrastructure from nearly all inhabited parts of the island and for all of the population, with exceptions. As of 1998, there were almost 55 million phone lines in Singapore, close to 47 million of which also served other telecommunication devices like computers and facsimile machines. Underwater telephone cables have been laid that lead to Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1928 KB)Satellite dishes of Singtel, along Bukit Timah Expressway. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1928 KB)Satellite dishes of Singtel, along Bukit Timah Expressway. ... Copy of the original phone of Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... Fax (short for facsimile or telefacsimile) is a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies of documents, especially using affordable devices operating over the telephone network. ...

As of November 2004, there are three cellular phone operators in Singapore serving almost four million cellular phones. As for internet facilities, as of 1999, there were eight internet service providers (ISPs) in Singapore. By November 2004, there were almost 500,000 broadband customers in Singapore. Howevever, due to the small market and possible market collusion, there have been rising concerns that various ISPs' telecommunication infrastructures being highly under-utilised. Cellular redirects here. ... An Internet service provider (abbr. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term which refers to a signaling method which includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...

Radio and television stations are all government-owned entities. All seven television channels are owned by MediaCorp; its only other competitor, SPH Mediaworks closed its television channel on January 1, 2005. Due to the proximity of Singapore to Malaysia and Indonesia, almost all radios and television sets in Singapore can pick up broadcast signals from both countries. Private ownership of satellite dishes is banned, but most households have access to the StarHub cable TV network. As of 1997, there were 1.3 million televisions in Singapore. The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... // MediaCorp (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xīn Chuánméi) is a conglomeration group of commercial media companies in Singapore specializing largely in television and radio broadcasting, and to a lesser extent, in periodicals and newspaper publishing and filmmaking. ... SPH MediaWorks Ltd (SPH MediaWorks) (Chinese: 报业传讯) was the ephemeral free-to-air terrestrial television broadcastor in Singapore. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

All radio stations are operated either by MediaCorp, the Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association (SAFRA) or UnionWorks. As of 1997, there were 2.5 million radios in Singapore.

The print media is dominated by Singapore Press Holdings which publishes The Straits Times. Daily newspapers are published in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. Print media includes newspapers, magazines, and the like. ... Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) is the leading newspaper and magazine publisher in Singapore. ... The Straits Times front page The Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and owned by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), first published on July 15, 1845. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Headline text Bold text Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in India. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ...

Telephones

Telephones - main lines in use: 54.6 million (including 46.62 million that serve facsimile machines, computers, and other communication devices) (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

• Subscribers: 3,798,800 (Nov 2004)
• Operators: 3 (2004)
  • Singtel Mobile
  • M1
  • StarHub Mobile

Telephone system: good domestic facilities; good international service
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Malaysia (Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia), Indonesia, and the Philippines; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean region) StarHub Limited (SGX: T54) is a telecommunications company based in Singapore. ... Intelsat, Ltd. ...

IDD Country Code: +65

Radio

Radio broadcast stations (as of March 2006): AM 0, FM 19, shortwave 5 (Source:Asiawaves.Net )

see also List of radio stations in Singapore The following radio stations are located in and transmitted from Singapore. ...

Radios: 2.55 million (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations (as of March 2006): 6 free-to-air(analogue) + 1 digital channel (TV Mobile) (Source:Asiawaves.Net)

• MediaCorp
• SPH Mediaworks

Both of them merged. See Singapore media merger of 2004 // MediaCorp (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xīn Chuánméi) is a conglomeration group of commercial media companies in Singapore specializing largely in television and radio broadcasting, and to a lesser extent, in periodicals and newspaper publishing and filmmaking. ... SPH MediaWorks Ltd (SPH MediaWorks) (Chinese: 报业传讯) was the ephemeral free-to-air terrestrial television broadcastor in Singapore. ... In 2004, MediaCorp and MediaWorks agreed on a merger and they became Mediacorp TV Holdings with effect from January 1, 2005. ...

Televisions: 1.33 million (1997)

see also: List of Singaporean television channels Consolidation in the media industry, which came into effect on 1 January 2005, led to the broadcasting industry reverting to a monopoly held by MediaCorp. ...

Internet

Singapore has a large number of computer users and most households have computers and Internet access. A survey conducted by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore indicated that 74% of households own computers at home and 2 in 3 households have Internet access. ^[1] The CIA The World Factbook reports that Singapore has 2.31 millions Internet users (2002) and 484,825 Internet hosts (2003). ^[2] IDA Logo The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is a statutory board of the Singapore Government. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... The World Factbook 2006 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ...

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (1999) An Internet service provider (abbr. ...

Broadband

• Subscribers: 497,100 (56.73% xDSL, 42.14% cable, 0.62% leased circuit, 0.51% others) as of Nov 2004
• Typical pricing (residential consumers only):
  • Cable: Unlimited traffic, 30 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up: SGD 121.80 per month (Source: StarHub)
  • ADSL: Unlimited traffic, 25 Mbit/s down, 256 kbit/s up: SGD 83.90 per month (Source: Singnet)

Country code (Top level domain): SG The Singapore dollar, divided into 100 cents, is the monetary unit of Singapore (currency code SGD). ...

See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Singapore

This article details the situation of broadband Internet access around the world. ...

References

1. ^ "More Singaporeans own computers, have internet access: survey", Channel NewsAsia, 26 February 2006.
2. ^ The World Factbook, URL accessed on 26 February 2006.

http://internetinasia.typepad.com/blog/2006/03/singapore_plans.html

Others

1. Terry Johal, "Controlling the Internet: The use of legislation and its effectiveness in Singapore (pdf file)", Proceedings, 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Canberra, 2004.

External links

• Ministry Of Information, Communications And The Arts, Singapore
• Media Development Authority (MDA), Singapore
• Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore
• IDA Statistics on Telecom Services
• Press in Singapore