SingTel's market leadership expands to nearly 46%

Their mobile customer base increased 8.3% to 3.58 million as of 31 March 2012.

In a news release, Singapore Telecommunications Limited announced that the Group, which includes Airtel in India and Africa, Optus in Australia, and Telkomsel in Indonesia, posted another quarter of strong growth in customer acquisitions. As of 31 March 2012, the Group had a total mobile customer base of 445 million, an increase of 11% or 42.9 million from a year ago.

SingTel extends market leadership in Singapore

In Singapore, SingTel further grew its market leadership to 45.91%. Its total mobile customer base grew by 273,000 customers or 8.3% from a year ago to 3.58 million as of 31 March 2012.

Full year net additions in the postpaid segment were 171,000 customers, lifting total postpaid customer base by 9.6 per cent to 1.95 million. The growth was driven by increasing demand for smartphones and data SIMs from integrated mobile broadband bundles.

In the prepaid segment, SingTel’s customer base grew by 102,000 customers or 6.7 per cent to 1.63 million, led by strong demand for 3G offerings such as 3G SIM, data and Blackberry value added services. SingTel continues to drive data usage among prepaid customers, empowering them with faster Internet access at lower costs with the introduction of ‘Opera Mini Browser’.

More information on the performance of the SingTel Group will be available on 10 May 2012 when it announces its results for the fourth quarter which ended 31 March 2012.