PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS






























Operating Revenue
2008
2007
Change (%)
Number of mobile customers (‘000)
        Postpaid
883
856
3.2
        Prepaid
748
679
10.1
        Total
1,631
1,535
6.3
Market shares* (%)
        Postpaid
27.0
28.4
-
        Prepaid
24.3
26.1
-
        Overall
25.7
27.3
-
Singapore mobile penetration rate* (%)
131.0
122.5
-
Average revenue per user (ARPU, S$ per month)
        Postpaid (exclude Data plan)
63.9
65.6
(2.6)
        Data plan
28.4
31.7
(10.4)
        Prepaid
17.3
19.6
(11.7)
Non-voice services as % of service revenue
23.4
21.6
-
Minutes of use per active customer (MOU, minutes per month)
        Postpaid
352
361
(2.5)
        Prepaid
199
175
13.7
Total international retail minutes (million)
526
310
69.6
Average monthly churn rate (%)
1.6
1.2
-
Average gross acquisition cost per gross connection (S$)
173
190
(8.9)
Average retention cost per customer (S$)
148
132
12.1
Financial Highlights
2008
2007
Change (%)
Operating revenue (S$m)
800.6
803.3
(0.3)
        Mobile telecommunication services
601.4
600.1
0.2
        International call services
137.1
127.1
7.9
        Handset sales
62.1
76.1
(18.4)
EBITDA (S$)
316.5
320.7
(1.3)
Net profit after tax (S$)
150.1
171.8
(12.6)
Per share (cents)
        Earnings
16.8
18.5
(9.2)
        Cash payout (declared)
13.4
15.4
(13.0)
        Net assets
24.9
22.6
10.2
 ROE (%)
70.6
58.8
-
 ROCE (%)
32.8
32.2
-


* Based on IDA statistics as at December 2008
Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding off