Ubiquitous Network Societies The Case of Singapore Eric Lie ITU ITU Workshop on Ubiquitous Network Societies Geneva, Switzerland 6 8 April 2005 1 The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its Membership.
Singapore at a glance World: Broadband Penetration, top 15, 2003 2 Asia/Pacific: Mobile penetration, top 10, 2003 Korea (Rep.) Hong Kong, China World: Internet user penetration, 18.0 top 10, 2003 CanadaTaiwan, China 14.7 110.8 Iceland Hong Kong, China Iceland Taiwan, China Denmark Korea, Israel Rep. Japan Sweden Switzerland Singapore Netherlands United States Macao, China Sweden Singapore Barbados United Arab Emirates Singapore Guernsey Israel Australia Finland New Zealand Korea (Rep.) United States Faeroe Islands Japan Netherlands New Zealand Canada 14.0 13.4 13.3 11.7 11.4 11.4 10.8 10.1 10.1 9.6 9.4 9.3 23.3 105.7 67.5 95.5 60.3 85.2 57.3 55.1 81.5 54.8 73.6 53.6 71.9 52.6 69.4 52.4 68.0 52.2 64.8 51.3 Source: ITU Telecommunication Indicators Database
3 Network building blocks Broadband 99% nationwide fixed-line broadband coverage Household broadband penetration of 42.3% >600 Wi-Fi hotspots = 1 per sq km Mobile 92% mobile penetration Launch of 3G services in Feb 2005 Perceptive networks Extensive use of RFID applications in all sectors e.g. transport, logistics, libraries >6 million personal contactless RFID cards in circulation
4 Singapore s vision of the Ubiquitous Network Society A Next Generation I-Hub with the vision of creating a secured, ultra-high speed and ubiquitous network to drive next generation connectivity Strategic Thrusts Infrastructure for a converged network Location sensing network services New input/output devices New computing devices New media/software/content/applications Industry alliances/collaboration for ubiquitous computing
Developing a SupraHub 5
Developing a SupraHub 6
Developing a SupraHub 7
Connecting Homes Communities Schools Hospitals 8
Expanding mobility Location based services Mobile payments Mobile computing Machine-to-machine communications (M2M) M2M monitoring system at a construction site 9
Developing the RFID value chain 10 Spectrum Policy Alignment of Singapore s spectrum for RFID applications to 866-869 MHz (Europe) and 923-925 MHz (North America) Research and Development (R&D) Joint research facilities RFID testing centres and registries Industry alliances (e.g. Singapore RFID Alliance) Skills and Training RFID skills training at technical and executive levels
RFID applications 11 Transport Road traffic management Parking Public transport Health Libraries Retail Logistics and manufacturing Conventions and events
12 Safeguarding the networked society Network security Launch of Infocomm Security Masterplan in Feb 2005 Other initiatives: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Trust marks Human resource development Business continuity and disaster recovery Personal data protection Common law and statutory provisions Banking Act, Official Secrets Act, Statistics Act, etc. Model Data Protection Code for the Private Sector
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