SingTel says it is the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) which releases new residential telephone numbers, and it has no information as to when IDA will release new ones.

I was advised to take a recycled number which was used previously for a public telephone. I was assured that there were no incoming calls to these public telephones and I need not worry about getting calls from strangers.

The lack of new phone numbers is an issue because the population - and number of households - is expanding rapidly.

Is Singapore falling behind in its investment in telephone infrastructure?

Chan Wai Tien