3G Public Cellular Mobile Telephone Services - Nation-wide Service Coverage
Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) published monthly quality-of-service statistics on nationwide outdoor 3G coverage for Singapore mobile networks. The CSV tracks whether operators met the regulatory threshold above 99% coverage using handset-based signal strength samples from Q2 2013 onward in the series. Telecom regulators and researchers studying historical mobile infrastructure can analyse coverage trends through mid-2016 in the catalog. The indicator reflects Singapore’s former 3G PCMTS QoS framework before later-generation rollouts.
Official description
This indicator measures Nation-Wide Outdoor Service Coverage for the 3G cellular network. Service coverage is determined by signal strength. The availability of service coverage is the ability of a cellular network to achieve the minimum signal strength of at least -100dBm. Under IDA's 3G Public Cellular Mobile Telephone Service ("PCMTS") QoS framework, mobile operators are required to achieve Nation-Wide Outdoor Service Coverage of >99%. In order to better measure the end users' experience*, IDA has used mobile handsets to collect the signal strength sample readings for all service coverage indicators starting from Q2 2013.
Nation-wide 3G public cellular mobile telephone service coverage in Singapore by telecom operator, published monthly by the Info-communications Media Development Authority from April 2013 through June 2016. The time series helps track historical mobile network reach, operator coverage comparisons, and Singapore’s transition-era wireless infrastructure before later mobile generations.