Internet in Singapore
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In Singapore, there are 11,512,900 broadband Internet subscribers (as of February 2015).
Internet access is readily available in Singapore, with a connectivity rate of over 99%. Surveys have also indicated a significant emotional connectedness between Singaporeans with their internet access.
History
Before the Internet, Singapore was the first country in the world to launch an interactive information service to the public.[
Subscribers connected to the Teleview service by
. Teleview eventually became obsolete with SingNet offering access to the Internet via SLIP/PPP over modem.In a government-led initiative to connect the island in a high-speed broadband network using various mediums such as fibre, DSL and cable, the Singapore ONE project was formally announced in June 1996, and commercially launched in June 1998. By December 1998, Singapore ONE is available nationwide with the completion of the national fibre optics network.
In 1997, commercial trials for
In January 2001, the Broadband Media Association was formed to promote the broadband industry.
In December 2006,
In early September 2010, internet service providers in Singapore rolled out the
Dial-up access
Access to the Internet via Teleview-SingNet evolved to a full-fledged dial-up service known as
Broadband access
In a government-led initiative to connect the island in a high-speed broadband network using various mediums such as fibre, DSL and cable, the Singapore ONE project was formally announced in June 1996, and commercially launched in June 1998. By December 1998, Singapore ONE is available nationwide with the completion of the national fibre optics network.
In 1997, commercial trials for
In 2006,
In November 2014, ViewQwest unveiled plans for a 2 Gbit/s fibre broadband service for households in Singapore, offering the country's fastest internet connection in the market. In March 2015, the service was officially launched making it the world's fastest home broadband plan alongside Japan.[citation needed]
Cable and ADSL services were withdrawn permanently in June 2016, with existing customers slowly being phased out. Singtel has announced complete shutdown and transfer of its ADSL customers by April 2018. StarHub has announced complete shutdown of cable customers by June 2019.[citation needed]
In August 2016,
In August 2018, Singapore's broadband speed of 181.47 Mbit/s was ranked the highest in the world.[8]
Censorship
In Singapore, Internet services provided by the three major Internet service providers are subject to regulation by the Media Development Authority (MDA) to block a "symbolic" number of websites containing "mass impact objectionable" material, including Playboy, YouPorn and Pornhub.
ISPs
Optical fibre broadband providers
Networking company
- NetLink Trust (Formerly OpenNet) (Passive Infrastructure Company ; NetCo ; Wholesale)
Operating company
- Nucleus Connect (Active Infrastructure Company ; OpCo ; Wholesale)
Retail service providers
- M1
- Singtel
- StarHub
- MyRepublic
- ViewQwest
- WhizComms
Wireless@SG (Wi-Fi) operators
Free access; Minimally 5 Mbit/s
Mobile broadband providers
3G/4G LTE Network
- MNOs:
- MVNOs:
- Circles.Life (on M1's network)
- Zero1 (on Singtel's network)
- MyRepublic (on StarHub's network, on M1's network from 1 Apr 2020)
- redOne (on StarHub's network)
- VIVIFI (on Singtel's network)
- geenet mobile (on M1's network)
- CMLink SG (on Singtel's network)
- Changi Mobile (on M1's network)
IXPs
There are currently multiple Internet Exchange Points available in Singapore,
- Singapore Internet Exchange
- Singapore Open Exchange
- Equinix Internet Peering Exchange
References
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- ^ "Move to Singapore for the fastest internet in the world, according to this chart". sg.news.yahoo.com. 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Yong Ying-I, Chief Executive Officer, IDA Singapore - Speech Official launch of Broadband Media Association, Suntec Singapore". 3 November 2017.
- ^ "GOVTECH". www.ida.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "StarHub – Revised Draft Submission (04 September 2006)". StarHub. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "Colt Singapore introduces business grade internet". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Move to Singapore for the fastest internet in the world, according to this chart". sg.news.yahoo.com. 24 August 2018.