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

Dataset: Total Number of Mobile Subscriptions by Type

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Total Number of Mobile Subscriptions by Type

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Data from Jul 2004 to Aug 2020

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Number of subscriptions by Month

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TotalNumberofMobileSubscriptionsbyType.csv (868 rows, 24 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Network access technology Text	Type of plan Text	Number of subscriptions Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2004-07	2G	pre-paid	1137000
2004-07	2G	post-paid	2553900
2004-08	2G	pre-paid	1151300
2004-08	2G	post-paid	2565300
2004-09	2G	pre-paid	1170900
2004-09	2G	post-paid	2570900
2004-10	2G	pre-paid	1182100
2004-10	2G	post-paid	2575200
2004-11	2G	pre-paid	1213700
2004-11	2G	post-paid	2585100

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Network access technology	network_access_technology	Text	-	-
Type of plan	type_of_plan	Text	-	-
Number of subscriptions	number_of_subscriptions	Numeric	Number of Subscriptions	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bab010d1b1379aba53e6cf7acfaff85b"
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 Number of Mobile Subscriptions by Type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bab010d1b1379aba53e6cf7acfaff85b/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

10 Jun 2016

Licence

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

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)