Wireless Broadband Market Development Call-for-Collaboration (CFC)

30 November 2006

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10 October 2006

IDA announces that it has accepted the proposals from iCell Network Pte Ltd, QMAX Communications Pte Ltd and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, for the two-year Wireless Broadband Market Development (WBMD) Call-For-Collaboration (CFC). The three operators will kick start Singapore's progressive deployment of a widely-available wireless broadband network with the launch of initial commercial services by Jan 2007 and completion of the full network deployment by Sep 2007.

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12 June 2006

The Wireless Broadband Market Development Call-for-Collaboration (CFC) proposal submission date was on 12 June 2006. The CFC is now closed for evaluation and is expected to be awarded in September 2006.

9 March 2006

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is issuing the CFC on Wireless Broadband Market Development to invite interested Operators and Service Providers to submit proposals for the deployment of wireless broadband coverage in Singapore.

Objectives
 
The CFC on Wireless Broadband Market Development has the following two main objectives:

1. To accelerate the deployment of wireless broadband by providing coverage in locations where users out of their homes, schools and offices can conveniently access wireless broadband services using data-centric computing devices.
2. To catalyse the demand for wireless broadband services by increasing the number of wireless broadband users.

Network Deployment
 
The CFC on Wireless Broadband Market Development invites Participants to submit Proposals to provide wireless broadband at various locations that will be transformed into public wireless broadband zones ("Catchment Areas"). These Catchment Areas can be found throughout one of three geographic regions in Singapore:

1. North
2. East
3. West

Network Deployment in 3 Geographical Regions

Timeline and Milestones - 21 April 2006

There were several requests from the industry to extend the CFC submission deadline and, after due consideration, IDA has agreed to accede to these requests.  Hence, the CFC submission deadline has been extended from 5 May 2006 to 12 June 2006.  Proposals must reach IDA no later than 1100hrs on 12 June 2006 (Mon).

The revised timeline and milestones of the CFC are given in the following table:

Date	Milestones
9 Mar 2006 (Thu)	Announcement of CFC
2 Jun 2006 (Fri)	Last Day for Enquiries
12 Jun 2006 (Mon)	Proposal Submission Date
Sep 2006	Award of CFC
31 Dec 2006 (Sun)	Launch of commercial services in Catchment Areas
31 May 2007 (Thu)	Completion of Network deployment for all Primary Catchment Areas in all Regions
30 Sep 2007 (Sun)	Completion of Network deployment for all Secondary Catchment Areas in all Regions
31 Dec 2008 (Wed)	Completion of CFC

CFC Public Document

S/N	Description
1	WBMD CFC Public Document
2	Annex C - Primary Catchment Areas To view the primary catchment areas on Google Earth*, download the following file: Primary Catchment Areas * You will need Google Earth Application installed on your computer. To download the application, click here.
3	Annex D - IDA-Intel Public WLAN Validation Report

CFC Proposal Form

S/N	Description
1	WBMD CFC Proposal Form
2	Annex A & B - Compliance Tables
3	Annex D - Project Costs (Primary Catchment Areas)
4	Annex D - Project Costs (Secondary Catchment Areas)

CFC FAQs

S/N	Description
1	WBMD CFC FAQ (Release 1.0)
2	WBMD CFC FAQ (Release 2.0)
3	WBMD CFC FAQ (Release 3.0)

Contact

For more information, please contact:
 
Mr John Thomas
Manager, Wireless Development
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Tel: +65 6211 1332
Fax: +65 6211 2227
Email: john_thomas@ida.gov.sg