Singapore and the Chinese city ink multiple MOU to ease cross-border access to market opportunities, including "mutual recognition" of both cities' digital identity regimes and plans to launch an SMB platform -- operational next month -- to connect buyers and sellers between Asean and China.
Singapore and the Chinese city of Shenzhen have pushed forward with several smart city initiatives that include the launch of an Asian SME (small and midsize enterprise) hub to connect businesses and facilitate transactions between Asean and China. Eight Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) have been signed with the aim to drive digital connectivity as well as ease cross-border access to market opportunities in Southeast Asia and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Weiterlesen: Singapore, Shenzhen push smart city partnership with SMB hub
A telco alliance and the biggest telco in Singapore is set to create a city-wide 5G network for the first time. We explore the potential benefits coming to the city, and how they might improve the work and lives of marketers in Singapore and beyond.
While the news was likely buried beneath coronavirus across the globe, one development may go some way to ensuring that, when Singapore emerges from its lockdown, its status as a business and technology hotspot will have been elevated even further.
Weiterlesen: As Singapore goes all in on 5G, the possibilities could be limitless
Innovation can bring astounding benefits but anything digital can be hacked, and anything connected to it then becomes vulnerable
Singapore's Smart Nation initiative is on its way towards transforming how its inhabitants live, work and play as business and government organisations launch initiatives in preparation for Internet of Things (IoT) and the newly connected world.
Singapore has made available nationwide 3D geospatial data to encourage technology industry partners to develop and test new applications and services.
Overseen by the Singapore Land Authority, the 3D Singapore Sandbox will provide users with access to the authority’s 3D geospatial data including 3D models of over 160,000 buildings mapped nationwide.
Weiterlesen: Singapore opens up 3D data to foster innovation
Over the past two years, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has seen a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy as a prerequisite for digital competitiveness and a key pillar of national governance. Last week, Singapore has gained global attention by announcing a new, revised national AI plan.
Singapore, together with the UAE, was one of the first countries to declare, back in 2017, a regional AI plan. The latest one, launched on the last day of last week’s FinTech Festival in Singapore by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, is comprehensive and zero-in on some clear national targets. It also leverages investments in education, technology development, infrastructure and entrepreneurship already made by the government.
Weiterlesen: Singapore has gained global attention by announcing a new, revised national AI plan