At the china it finance annual meeting and the china information manager's annual meeting (it) in recent days, one of them was from chinaSingaporeThe team is particularly interesting. This one's from singaporeInformation and communication developmentThe authority (ida), led by a team of singapore companies, including ufo, nse, woo bo, and fast-to-asia, participated with great enthusiasm in several of the it forums and actively communicated with the chinese side to seek cooperation opportunities。
Indeed, it is not the first time that ida has assisted singaporean companies in expanding the chinese market. Prior to this, ida and its team members had in-depth exchanges with governments and enterprises in guangzhou and anhui provinces. “ida actively seeks opportunities for the growth of the ict industry in international markets to provide singapore's communications enterprises with access to global markets. “ida china district director, chen weimin says. After many years of change and development, the creators of a good environment, the planners of information and communication, the outreachers of opportunities abroad, and the cio in the government sector have become the four main players of the ida。
Builders of a good environment
Today, competitive development is the dominant melody of the global telecommunications industry. One of its main objectives is to encourage effective competition in the singapore telecommunications market by working to create an innovative competitive environment that is both consumer- and business-friendly through the development of a range of policies, standards, guidelines and implementing regulations。
For example, in order to avoid inequity in the operation of the next generation of national broadband networks, ida strictly separates the different segments of the value chain, i. E. Infrastructure builders, active equipment operators and retail service providers. Together with the demand on operators for prices and universal services, ida has created a fair and efficient platform on the next generation of broadband networks, in which many competitive providers are involved。
Following the principle of technology neutrality, ida has decentralized technology choices to operators and network builders, among others. At the same time, ida closely follows developments, trends and regulatory measures in the local and global communications markets to ensure that singapore is able to keep pace with the ever-changing world environment. At the same time, the ida creates opportunities for domestic singaporean enterprises to communicate with the world, and the annual singapore communications fair has attracted many overseas firms and is a good opportunity to promote communication and create business opportunities。
Information and communication planners
Chen weimin stated that ida was the master planner and developer of information and communication development in singapore. On behalf of the singapore government, ict has been used effectively for economic development, and some initiatives have been replicated by overseas counterparts。
For example, in 2006, the ida launched the smart country master plan 2015, which aims to harness the full potential of the communications industry and to promote its development, affecting every aspect of singapore's life and work。
With the implementation of the plan, ida has also proposed a plan for the establishment of the next generation of national information and communication infrastructure, which will integrate complementary cable and wireless networks. In the area of cable broadband, the next generation of national broadband network plans were implemented to provide broadband access above 1 gbit/s for households, offices and schools; in the area of wireless broadband, the government of singapore announced in june this year that it would continue to invest $9 million in wireless singapore projects, increasing access from the planned 512 kbit/s to 1 mbit/s and extending free service to 31 march 2013。
The integration of the telecommunications industry with other industries and sectors has become a global trend, and ida is aware of this trend, working with various agencies to channel the application of information and communication technologies and to encourage innovative research and development in emerging areas such as digital media。
Developers of overseas opportunities
Singapore is a small country of 710. 2 square kilometres with a resident population of 3. 64 million and a very limited market size. As of april 2009, mobile phone penetration in singapore had reached 133. 2 per cent and household broadband penetration had reached 111. 7 per cent. The combination of limited market size and high communication penetration has led many singaporean firms to feel that the ceiling of growth will be touched。
The crisis perception of singapore's indigenous enterprises has drawn the attention of ida, which has been actively helping them to find opportunities outside the country. Through bilateral agreements with other governments, partnerships and the establishment of offices in china, india, the united states and qatar, ida has facilitated singapore's communications enterprise's access to global markets。
For example, to promote cooperation between singapore and other countries in e-government, ida established ida international. In march 2009, ida international signed an agreement with the government of oman to help establish an e-government framework in the country, in which singaporean enterprises were given opportunities。
Cio in the government sector
For the singapore government, ida in the field of information and communication also plays the role of cio. The development of a communications master plan for government departments, the implementation of various communications management projects and systems, the design of standards and the management of critical communications infrastructure are all incumbent upon the agency。
The government of singapore has a reputation for the world's efficiency, such as the eight-day period required to apply for a business licence in singapore, which is dependent on the construction of an e-government in singapore. It is understood that the e-government project has been launched by the government of singapore through the use of computers in the public sector since 1980 and has since gone through two phases: connecting the government to business, phase i and phase ii of the action plan, which have resulted in the successful integration of all online services. The project has now entered the phase of integration of the government 2010 (igov2010), which, according to the plan of the ida, is aimed at creating an integrated government, i. E. “multi-sectoral, one government”, with greater synergy and efficiency, and raising the level of services to one level。
