Singapore has highest level of 'Net penetration in SE Asia

12.07.2011
Singapore has the highest level of Internet penetration in Southeast Asia, according to a report released today by global insights and measurement company, Nielsen.

Singapore consumers access the Internet more frequently than consumers in any other market across Southeast Asia.

Also, 85 percent of digital consumers in Singapore own an Internet-capable mobile phone, according to the report.

About 67 percent of Singapore's population aged 15-plus now use the Internet and 97 percent of 15 to 19-year-olds are online.

Only 33 percent of Singaporeans aged 50-plus use the Internet. Among online Singaporeans, 80 percent are accessing the Internet on a daily basis.