Friday, May 15, 2015

Smart Nation: Singapore's vision to connect 'everyone to everything, everywhere, all the time'

In Singapore there are almost as many smartphones as there are people. 90% of the population of the South-East Asian city-state owns a smartphone - a higher proportion than any other country in the world. But for Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, this isn't enough.

Lee has tasked one government agency, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), with transforming Singapore into the world's first "smart nation" and bring about a vision referred to as E3A: "Connecting everyone to everything, everywhere, all the time."

Complete connectivity is seen as the basis for revolutionising the way every aspect of society operates - from healthcare to the environment - in order to improve the overall quality of life for Singapore's citizens.

Speaking to IBTimes UK at the launch of the recent Smart Nation Innovations conference in Singapore, Lee said that one of the most immediate issues to overcome was that of transport.

"On an island of this size, with such a dense population, it is very important to consider how best to set up the infrastructure in the most efficient way," Lee said. "I'm looking forward to seeing what innovative solutions we come up with and then witnessing them be implemented." Full story...

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