Fixed broadband plummeted from 92% of households in 2009 to just 5% in 2018, while fibre soared from zero to 92% in six years, official data shows.

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 A Decade of Digital Transformation In the space of just ten years, Singapore completely rewired how its households connect to the internet.

Data published by the Info-communications Media Development Authority on the country's open data portal tracks the percentage of resident households using three connection types: fixed broadband (traditional DSL or cable), wireless broadband (mobile networks), and fibre broadband.

The numbers paint a story of extraordinarily rapid infrastructure change. The Rise of Fibre, the Fall of Fixed Fixed broadband was nearly universal in the late 2000s, hitting a high of 92% of households in 2009.

But its decline was precipitous. By 2011, the figure had fallen to 61%, and it never recovered — sinking to just 5% by 2018. Fueling this collapse was fibre.

From zero adoption in 2011, fibre broadband reached 25% in 2012, then 62% by 2014, and 92% by 2018.

That means the dominant home internet technology flipped almost completely in six years, a tempo rarely seen in national infrastructure projects.

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