SingTel Group’s Mobile Customer Base Expands to 249 Million

SingTel Group’s Mobile Customer Base Expands to 249 Million

Associates continue to post double-digit growth year-on-year

Singapore and Australia prove resilient

Singapore, 13 May 2009 -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced that the Group continued its strong growth in customer acquisitions and added 35 per cent more or 64 million customers year-on-year, to bring its combined regional mobile customer base to 249 million as at 31 March 2009.

 
The Group’s aggregate mobile customer base in all eight markets, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, grew 7.3 per cent, or 17 million on a sequential quarterly basis despite the intense competition in the markets and the slowdown in the economies.
 
The proportionate mobile customer base rose 33 per cent from a year ago or 7.0 per cent from a quarter ago.
 
 
 
Aggregate Customer Base (in 000s)
Proportionate Customer Base*
(in 000s)
 
31 Mar 09
31 Dec 08
31 Mar 08
31 Mar 09
31 Dec 08
31 Mar 08
SingTel
2,976
2,942
2,571
2,976
2,942
2,571
Optus
7,789
7,633
7,137
7,789
7,633
7,137
Bharti
93,923
85,651
61,985
27,962
25,486
18,504
Telkomsel
72,133
65,300
51,335
25,247
22,855
17,967
AIS
27,582
27,470
25,087
5,889
5,865
5,358
Globe
25,737
24,702
21,274
12,184
11,694
9,460
Warid
17,376
16,914
14,395
5,213
5,074
4,318
PBTL
1,874
1,810
1,557
842
815
701
Group Total
249,389
232,422
185,341
88,102
82,364
66,016
 

 


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