Leveraging Technology to build the future together!

During his May Day speech a few days ago, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that we need to think long term, work towards it with patience and determination, and build lasting strengths for Singapore and ourselves, beyond our own generation. 

A big part of building such capabilities involves capitalising on emerging technologies like #AI which is already proving to bring remarkable long-term changes in the way we live, work and play.    

Thanks to #ChatGPT and similar models, AI is taking centrestage both in our personal and work life. However, what many don’t realise is that high-speed connectivity is the backbone driving AI. Super-fast #5G networks of today make it possible to exploit AI-based environments which enable automation and flexible processes that result in the hyper efficiency required to thrive in the new digital economy.

Every industry sector, be it manufacturing, healthcare, education, logistics, public utilities, and government service delivery, benefits from having secure and ultra-high bandwidth of 5G.  Singtel’s modern networks can provide download speeds of up to 10 Gbps per second and upload capability of up to 1 Gbps.  That means you can download a 4K movie in less than 30 seconds or stream around 1,700 movies simultaneously. That’s great for consumers and even better for businesses that need to process large volumes of such content. Imagine the efficiency and productivity this offers!

The latest 5G standard also supports a 10-fold increase in network capacity that can translate to as many as 100 billion #IoT connections. It also offers a latency of around 5 milliseconds, much lower than the 8-12 milliseconds of first-generation 5G networks.  With this kind of low latency and capacity, businesses can do so much more with IoT that are increasingly relevant for modern workloads - especially in Industry 4.0 applications.  And on the home front, we now have 10Gbps broadband that opens up possibilities for everyone!

Some examples of applications today include Micron who’ve deployed a 5G millimetre wave (mmWave) solution, which provides an assured bandwidth of up to 2Gbps with ultra-low latency for AI driven image-based quality control at their 3D NAND flash memory fabrication plant in Singapore. Singtel’s Multi-access Edge Computing solutions have also been deployed at the #HyundaiMotorGroupInnovationCentre in Singapore to boost the operational efficiency of the factory.

Beyond the manufacturing sector, the @NationalUniversityHealthSystem has been applying #MEC-based holomedicine technology for surgeons, in collaboration with @Microsoft. This allows surgeons to visualise a patient’s internal organs in 3D by using mixed reality and helps them to plan surgeries better, find veins to draw blood accurately, and more.  

While these examples may give the impression that 5G and its associated benefits are only for large enterprises, that’s not the case.

As a homegrown company which has been a partner in the nation’s development for decades, we are always invested in the success of Singapore, which includes both consumers as well as businesses of all sizes. Which is why we’re aware that adopting advanced technologies like 5G and its related technologies can be daunting - especially for the over 95% of companies in Singapore that are SMEs.

That is why we’ve developed platforms like Paragon and CUBΣ to make access and adoption of our best-in-class mobile network and digital solutions easy.  They help businesses easily select and seamlessly deploy solutions like network, edge computing to cloud and more with just a few clicks. And help is also available if required.

We understand that change can be difficult. But as leaders, we have had tough choices to make over the years when adopting modern technologies like cloud computing, software-as-a-service and others that have transformed Singapore into a global tech powerhouse that is anchored on the pillars of innovation, business networks and robust tech infrastructure. In today’s landscape we do not have the option to think, “There’s no rush, I can still get to this in a few years… I don’t have the budget or technical resources to implement this.” 

In today’s digital economy, tech is imperative to business success and resistance to adoption can be detrimental. In this respect, as our PM underscored, we should not think that adopting AI is a leap of faith but look at it as a step in the right direction that will empower every worker. 

We have lowered the barriers of entry for AI-driven innovation and encourage all to join this revolution. We are here to help. Let’s build the future together.  

#Singtel5G #EmpowerEveryGeneration #HelloPossibilities