Saturday, July 26, 2008

Singapore's Next Generation National Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN)

Singapore's Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure comprises the ultra high-speed Next Generation NBN and the pervasive Wireless Broadband Network (WBN). Next Gen NBN will be capable of ultra high speeds of symmetric 1 Gbps or more, with initial provisioning of 100 Mbps.

The Network Company (NetCo) Request-For-Proposal (RFP) for Singapore's Next Gen NBN Network closed on 5 May 2008 with submissions from the following:

S/N Consortium Consortium Lead Members
1 Infinity Consortium City Telecom (H.K.) Limited MobileOne Ltd

StarHub Ltd

2 OpenNet Consortium Axia NetMedia Corporation Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Singapore Telecommunications Pte Ltd

SP Telecommunications Pte Ltd


IDA of Singapore is evaluating the bids and the winning bid is expected to be announced in the third quarter of 2008.

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