Internet service provider MyRepublic, a homegrown firm known for its speedy broadband offers, announced last week that it will start providing mobile services in highly-connected Singapore by October. MyRepublic chief executive officer Malcolm Rodrigues ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore June exports expected to rise on firm electronics shipments: Reuters poll
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's non-oil domestic exports in June were expected to rise from a year earlier, helped by continued strength in electronics shipments and recovering from two consecutive months of contraction, a Reuters poll found on Friday. ( read original story ...)
How robots are teaching Singapore’s kids
The city-state’s policy makers regard the androids as an adjunct to teaching, while the goal of the tech toys is to encourage children to be more creative with technology. Foo Hui Hui, an official with a Singapore government agency given the task of ... ( read original story ...)
ANALYSIS-Singapore penthouse on sale for $72 mln, a test for luxury market’s recovery
The 'bungalow in the sky' penthouse in the GuocoLand -developed Tanjong Pagar Centre, is likely to become Singapore's most expensive apartment. The asking price for a new three-storey Singapore penthouse, complete with a private pool on the 64th floor ... ( read original story ...)
GomSpace A/S – Singapore to Explore the Application and Deployment of Space-based VHF Communications for Air Traffic Management
(the "Company") together with The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the application and deployment of space-based Very High ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore, UK, New Zealand, and UAE among World’s Stand Out Digital Economies
(Graphic: Business Wire) The research identifies Singapore, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Israel as digital elites characterized by high levels of digital development and a fast rate of digital ... ( read original story ...)
New tech to keep Singapore-Malaysia border – the world’s busiest – safe
Security at Singapore's entry points has been beefed up with facial recognition technology, laboratories that can detect biological threats and even a walk-through system that puffs air at individuals to allow for trace amounts of explosives to be detected. ( read original story ...)
Can these food technologies transform F&B businesses in Singapore?
In fact, some F&B businesses in Singapore have already tapped into the latest technology to save on manpower and raise productivity, as well as improve customer experience. For example, the creators of local innovations like the iKook and Rotimatic are ... ( read original story ...)
Australia has the 10th fastest mobile broadband in the world
Australia has the 10th fastest mobile broadband in the world, rubbing shoulders with countries that have far smaller territory to cover such as Singapore, Luxembourg and South Korea. The latest State of LTE research by mobile signal software company ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific’s Top ICT Firms commended at the 2017 Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards
SINGAPORE, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia-Pacific's leading ICT firms were announced at Frost & Sullivan's annual ICT Awards held at the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore earlier this evening. Arkadin, Amdocs, Genesys, Huawei, Palo Alto Networks, SingTel ... ( read original story ...)
MyRepublic should look beyond Singapore, will face challenges in mobile plans
After failing to secure Singapore's fourth telco license, MyRepublic now says it will offer mobile services via an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) model later this year and plans to list by end of 2018. However, it was late to the game and would ... ( read original story ...)
Will electronics’ spark wane for Singapore’s manufacturing output?
It registered high growth in May, up 35.1%. Singapore industrial output’s only hope could turn out to be its bane in the coming months. Whilst the industrial production expanded 5% y-o-y in the month, it was down from 6.7% previously, with the main drag ... ( read original story ...)
TCS’ Singapore Marathon App Wins 2017 Asia Mobile Award
SHANGHAI | MUMBAI, July 4, 2017: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced its TCS Singapore Marathon smartphone app was selected Best Mobile App ... ( read original story ...)
Six Singapore companies brought on board KL-Singapore HSR project
The companies involved are Clifford Capital Pte Ltd, DBS, Sembcorp Design & Construction, SMRT International Pte Ltd, Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd and Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd. “Transport infrastructure accounts for 25 per cent of the US$4.3 ... ( read original story ...)
6 Singapore companies to establish partnership for KL-Singapore high-speed rail
The six companies are Clifford Capital, DBS, Sembcorp Design & Construction, SMRT International, Surbana Jurong and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics). The companies have plans to collaborate with international players to "jointly ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturing output jumps 5% in May
Thanks to the surge in electronics production. Singapore's manufacturing output rose 5% in May from a year ago as a surge in electronics production offset declines in biomedical and transport engineering output. According to the Singapore Economic Board ... ( read original story ...)