




| 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 |
- |