Sunday, March 05, 2006

Singapore To Develop A New Digital Superhighway

By 2015 Singapore will be transformed into the first totally wireless and wired country in the world . The ultra fast network is to provide speeds of 100 megabytes to 1 gigabyte per second when surfing the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure, dubbed the new digital superhighway.

This was disclosed by the Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang when he told the Parliament, "The new network will change the way we work, live and learn. It'll sharpen our business efficiency and spark off many new opportunities for entrepreneurs.

With this ambitious project Singapore will compete with Japan and South Korea who have also undertaken similar projects to become a global hub and a knowledge city.

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