Singapore Telecom end-March mobile subscribers over 185 million

SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel), Southeast Asia's biggest telecommunications operator, said Tuesday the group's combined mobile subscribers rose to over 185 million as of end-March from about 124 million a year ago.SingTel units in Singapore, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines added 13.8 million new subscribers in the first quarter, the biggest quarterly increase.The group will release its year to March 2008 results tomorrow.Based on a Thomson Financial poll of 13 analysts, SingTel's full-year net profit should average S$3.77 billion, little changed from S$3.78 billion a year ago.