Fixed broadband plummeted from 92% of households in 2009 to just 5% in 2018, while fibre soared from zero to 92% in just six years, according to offic

Contains information from "Internet Connection at Home by Type" accessed on 25 June 2026 from Info-communications Media Development Authority (data.gov.

sg (Singapore Department of Statistics)) which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://beta.data.gov.sg/open-data-licence).

from Singapore Between 2008 and 2018, Singapore's home internet connections underwent a dramatic transformation.

Data from the Info-communications Media Development Authority shows that fixed broadband fell from 92% of households in 2009 to just 5% in 2018, while fibre broadband — virtually non-existent before 2012 — reached 92% adoption by the end of the period.

Fixed broadband's near-total collapse Fixed connections, which once powered the city-state's internet, dominated in the late 2000s. In 2009, 92% of households relied on DSL or cable.

By 2011 the figure had slipped to 61% , and the slide accelerated: 26% in 2014, then 5% in 2018. The 87-point drop over a decade reflects a wholesale infrastructural switch rather than gradual consumer choice.

A faster, future-proof alternative The driver of that collapse was fibre. Singapore's nationwide fibre network, rolling out from the early 2010s, offered speeds that fixed broadband could not match.

Households moved swiftly: fibre adoption hit 25% in 2012, 62% in 2014, and 92% in 2018. This is one of the fastest copper-to-fibre transitions recorded globally, achieved in roughly six years.

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