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Number of mobile subsciptions, by network access technology and type of plan

Total Mobile Phone Subscriptions

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Total Mobile Phone Subscriptions

Data from Jan 1997 to Aug 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:47 SGT

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Total mobile subscription by Month

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TotalMobilePhoneSubscriptions.csv (284 rows, 4.4 KB)

Month
Month (YYYY-MM)
Total Mobile Subscription
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1997-01414000
1997-02423000
1997-03431000
1997-04479000
1997-05510000
1997-06546000
1997-07588000
1997-08611000
1997-09640000
1997-10672000

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
MonthmonthMonth (YYYY-MM)--
Total Mobile Subscriptiontotal_mobile_subscriptionNumericNumber of Subscriptions-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8fa4828ceee7d00cce976470a934494c"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Total Mobile Phone Subscriptions (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 23, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8fa4828ceee7d00cce976470a934494c/view

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info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

07 Jun 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)