Strong growth in India and Indonesia helped push SingTel's regional mobile phone user base above 92 million at the end of June, an AFP report said.
The AFP report said Southeast Asia's biggest phone company added 7.4 million mobile phone subscribers in the three months to June compared with the previous quarter, the highest increase in its history.
On a year-on-year basis, SingTel's mobile users rose 30% from 71 million, the report said.
The bulk of the growth came at SingTel's associates, Bharti in India and Indonesia's Telkomsel, the company said in a statement.
Bharti's mobile subscribers jumped 88% over the year while Telkomsel recorded a 36% gain. SingTel's Australian subsidiary Optus added 8.8% year-on-year to bring its overall base to 6.56 million.
The report further said in Singapore, SingTel had 1.62 million mobile users compared with 1.55 million a year ago.
SingTel also has stakes in Thailand mobile operator AIS, Globe Telecom in the Philippines and in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL).
SingTel regional subscriber base soars over 92m
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