Research and Markets : Singapore has built strong national Internet awareness through the early adoption of a range of innovative data technologies and platforms.

M2 PRESSWIRE-15 July 2005-Research and Markets: Research and Markets : Singapore has built strong national Internet awareness through the early adoption of a range of innovative data technologies and platforms(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c20896) has announced the addition of 2005 South East Asian Mobile Communications and Mobile Data Markets to their offering

This annual report offers a wealth of information on the Mobile market in Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Subjects covered include:

- Trends, Analysis, Players, Revenues, Subscribers, Prepaid

- Spectrum Auctions, Developments, Govt. Policies

- Infrastructure, GSM, CDMA, 3G

- Mobile Data - Market Issue, Paging, Dedicated Services

- SIM, SMS, MMS, GPRS, EDGE, WAP, M-Commerce

- Telemetry, Location Services, Bluetooth, PMR, TMR

Singapore - Whilst the Singapore's geographical situation has been of considerable advantage in putting its infrastructure in place, other factors, including the government's strong commitment to developing telecommunications, have certainly helped. The country's reputation for a truly progressive telecommunications market over the past three decades has been built on its excellent infrastructure. Singapore was one of the first countries in the world to have a fully digital telephone network.

The mobile market in Singapore is characterized by its energy and innovation. Even as the growth appeared to have slowed somewhat, there was still considerable effort going into value-added products and services. At the same time, the market is approaching the future cautiously. The planning for 3G is a case in point. Some of the major operators and, to some extent, the government have been circumspect about the next generation of mobile telephony and the benefits it will bring. Despite this caution, all three mobile operators had launched 3G services by early 2005.

Singapore has built strong national Internet awareness through the early adoption of a range of innovative data technologies and platforms. Whilst the rate of development of online commerce in Singapore has been somewhat erratic over the last few years, the country continues to systematically promote the ever wider application of Internet within the community.

In the application of broadband Internet, Singapore was the first country in the world to deploy ADSL commercially when SingTel launched its Magix service in November 1997. However, broadband access did not really take off in Singapore as expected after such an early start. Despite having lost the broadband lead to South Korea and Japan, the last few years have seen Singapore starting to rapidly build its broadband base. The number of broadband subscribers was approaching 500,000 by mid-2005.

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