7 August 2003

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), with the support of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF), invites industry partners to develop and pilot innovative wireless applications for the Singapore Changi Airport as well as for travellers on the move.

What's New

1. Eight consortia have been shortlisted for further evaluation by the CFC Evaluation Committee. The lead company of each shortlisted consortia has been informed by email.
   
   
2. A Networking Session was held on 17 April 2003. See below for the registration list and slides presented. Please note that the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has provided a timeline in their slides for technology vendors interested in collaborating with them.
   
   
3. Changes have been made to Section 5.2 ("Prerequisites for Participant(s)") of the Public Document as follow:
   
   
   1. The consortium must consist of at least one technology provider registered in Singapore with the Registry of Companies & Businesses;
   2. The project must be implemented in Singapore; and
   3. The project must include all necessary partners to implement a complete solution. [Clarification: A complete solution means that the solution must be end-to-end to the extent that there would be pilots or trials conducted with 'live' users in the course of the proposed project. Hence, each consortium should involve at least a user organisation.]

Objectives

This CFC seeks to achieve the following objectives:

1. Encourage companies to develop and pilot innovative wireless applications that enhance the competitiveness of Changi Airport
2. Encourage the travel and infocomm industries to jointly explore business opportunities in mobile travel solutions
3. Facilitate the exchange of ideas and possibilities between user companies, public agencies and technology providers.

CFC Scope

This CFC seeks wireless applications that are related to the traveller experience. Applications could however include the use of technologies such as web services, biometrics or smart card technologies necessary to deliver a complete solution. 3 categories:

1. Retail & Entertainment
2. Mobile Travel Solutions
3. Passenger Related & Security Operations

More details on the Smart Airport & Passenger Travel CFC can be found in the document below:

• Smart Airport & Passenger Travel CFC Public Document (Updated 1 April 2003)

Contact information for CAAS, SPF and ICA for the purposes of this CFC can also be found in the Annexes of the above document.

Why Take Part?

Subject to such terms and conditions as specified by IDA, selected projects will benefit from disbursement grants. In addition, tehnology providers could:

1. Tap on Changi Airport's high passenger volume to conduct rigorous trials
2. Obtain and analyse trial users' feedback to aid the commercialisation of advanced applications
3. Leverage on Changi Airport's international stature to establish a reference site for the future export of solutions.
   

User companies could test the value of the applications at a subsidised cost before adoption.

Who Should Take Part?

1. Travel-related organisations
   - such as airlines, travel agencies, hotels, rental car agencies, operators of travel websites and insurance companies.
   
2. Technology providers
   - such as application developers, wireless device manufacturers and network operators.
   
3. Content providers
   - such as publishers of travellers magazines or city guides, event organisers, and operators of entertainment/classifieds websites.

Timeline

Participating companies are to take note of the following timeline (which may be amended when necessary at IDA's sole discretion):

Date	Event
14 Mar 2003 (Fri)	Launch of CFC
27 Mar 2003 (Thu)	Registration Deadline for Public Briefing
3 Apr 2003 (Thu)	Public Briefing
14 Apr 2003 (Mon)	Registration Deadline for Networking Session
17 Apr 2003 (Thu)	Networking Session
17 Jul 2003 (Thu)	Last day for Enquiries before Final Proposal Submission
18 Jul 2003 (Fri)	Final Proposal Submission
31 Jul 2003 (Thu)	Preliminary Shortlist
Aug 2003	Presentations by Shortlisted Consortia to Evaluation Committee
Sept 2003	Award of Projects

Public Briefing

A public briefing was conducted on 3 April 2003 to cover the details of this CFC. It was followed by a panel Q&A session with representatives from IDA, CAAS, ICA and SPF. The slides presented during the briefing are below:

• 3 April 2003 CFC Public Briefing Slides

Networking Session

A networking session was held on 17 April 2003. The list of companies which registered through email or on the day of the event is enclosed below:

• SAPT CFC Networking Session Registrations (Updated 29 April 03)

The following slides were presented by partner agencies and companies during the event:

1. CAAS
2. SPF
3. ICA
4. Starhub
5. Abacus International
6. Webfiniti Mobility Solutions
7. Autoscan Technology
8. FISCA Systems Asia
9. MajorLink
10. Elysium Technologies
11. KPMG
12. Sun Microsystems
13. Mil-Com Technologies
14. Kyocera Communication AP
15. Vader Technologies
16. Wheresoft
17. RFNet
18. Lycos Asia
19. Aboutwe Publishing
20. BigontheNet
21. SITA
22. ST Mobile Data
23. DNA Communications
24. Siemens Mobile
25. Tescom
26. Advanz Data Solutions
27. iSPRINT
28. Omron Electronics
29. XID Technologies
30. Imaging Automation
31. emBiosys
32. Presion
33. Oakwell Engineering
34. Honeywell
35. Sony Electronics
36. Speechworks

Proposal Submission - 18 July 2003

The proposal submission template can be downloaded below:

• Smart Airport & Passenger Travel CFC_Submission Template
• Annex A (Project Costs Template)