Communications in Singapore
Singapore's telecommunications and telephone facilities are state-of-the-art, providing high-quality communications with the rest of the world. Radio and television stations are all government-owned entities. The print media is dominated by a company with close ties to the government. Daily newspapers are published in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.
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:
1.02 million (1998)
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)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios:
2.55 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1997)
Televisions:
1.33 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
8 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): SG
- See also : Singapore
Referenced By
ISO 3166-1:SG | Singapore
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