In This Issue

Mr Chan Yeng Kit, who returns to the Administrative Service on 19 November after three years as Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, shares his thoughts on the future of the industry, infrastructure and manpower developments in Singapore and the need to bridge the digital divide.
 
Infocomm Snapshots
   
New Code of Practice to give greater clarity on service costs
From 16 December 2007, consumers will have a clearer idea of the costs they incur from premium rate services delivered over the public
telecoms network.
Infocomm Singapore explores opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe
An Infocomm Singapore delegation visited Hungary and Poland last month as part of efforts to help local companies explore e-Government opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.
Estonian delegates tap on Singapore’s
ICT expertise
Delegates of the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications were in Singapore recently for a workshop organised by the eGovernment Leadership Centre.
EZ-Link and StarHub launch public trial of NFC services
EZ-Link and StarHub are rolling out the first public trial of Near-Field Communication (NFC) services in Singapore, which will involve over 20,000 ez-link payment acceptance points.
Singapore Showcase
   
CrimsonLogic wins S$4.5m contract in Panama
e-Government solutions provider CrimsonLogic is building an electronic documentation system to enhance operations at the world’s second largest free trade zone.
muvee teams up with Orca Interactive to automate movie creation over IPTV
muvee has announced an agreement with IPTV middleware and applications provider, Orca Interactive, to develop a first-ever automatic movie-making application for the IPTV platform.
iN.Sector
   
WiMAX to make waves at Singapore’s port
Some 13,000 ships and harbour craft that call at Singapore’s port annually will soon be able to communicate through a secure wireless broadband access network WISEPORT.
Joint CFC launched to transform healthcare through infocomm
A second call for collaboration has been launched to harness infocomm as a key enabler in the transformation of healthcare in Singapore.
e-Government
   
Singapore and Brunei strengthen
ICT collaboration
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and Brunei’s Authority for Info-Communications Technology Industry have signed an MOU to collaborate on the use of ICT in key economic sectors.
Sharing Singapore’s e-Government expertise
Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister of Information, Communications & the Arts, sees opportunities for Singapore and European infocomm companies to collaborate in the area of e-government.
Eye 2 Eye
   
Steering Singapore infocomm
Mr Chan Yeng Kit talks to iN.SG about the challenges and milestones in his own infocomm journey as Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.