Performance
Highlights

Operating Highlights
  2017 2016 Change (%)
Mobile Telecommunications      
Number of mobile customers ('000)      
Postpaid 1,292 1,247 3.6
Prepaid 747 772 -3.3
Total 2,038 2,019 1.0
Market share1 (%)    
Postpaid 25.2 24.8
Prepaid 22.0 22.5
Overall 24.0 23.8
Singapore mobile penetration rate1 (%) 149.6 149.8
Average revenue per user (ARPU, S$ per month)    
Postpaid (excludes Data plan) 55.8 58.0 -3.8
Postpaid (excludes Data plan and adjusted)2 48.7 50.3 -3.2
Data plan 12.7 14.8 -14.2
Prepaid 10.7 12.2 -12.3
Non-voice services as a % of service revenue 55.7 54.0
Average monthly churn rate (%) 1.3 1.0
Acquisition cost per postpaid customer (S$) 404 369 9.5
     
Fixed Services      
Number of fibre customers ('000) 189 160 18.1
ARPU (Fibre, S$ per month) 43.5 45.1 -3.5
1 Based on IMDA statistics as at November 2017
2 After adjustment for ARPU allocated to handset sales

 

Financial Highlights
  2017 2016 Change (%)
Operating revenue (S$m) 1,071.1 1,060.9 1.0
Mobile telecommunications 642.5 640.0 0.4
International call services 55.9 61.3 -8.9
Fixed services 129.7 104.2 24.5
Handset sales 243.0 255.4 -4.9
EBITDA (S$m) 302.4 312.1 -3.1
Net profit after tax (S$m) 132.5 149.7 -11.5
Free cash flow (S$m) 106.7 129.6 -17.6
Net assets (S$m) 428.9 403.4 6.3
Net debt (S$m) 403.5 390.0 3.5
Financial ratios      
Net debt/equity (x) 0.9 1.0
Net debt/EBITDA (x) 1.3 1.2
EBITDA/interest (x) 30.6 46.2
ROE (%) 31.8 36.7
ROCE (%) 16.9 19.9

Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding

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