Productisation - Technology Innovation Programme

The Technology Innovation Programme (TIP) supports companies in the development of innovative products by catalysing and co-funding technology projects. The TIP grant can support up to 70 per cent of qualifying project costs for manpower, professional fees, equipment and software.

iSTART@Philippines

11 Dec 2012

As part of our series of market access support, IDA is organising the iSTART@Philippines programme. IDA will work together with prominent Philippines-based incubators/accelerators, to help Singapore-based start-ups enter the Philippines market.

Note : This programme has ended. Do look out for news on upcoming sessions.

iSTART Beijing and iSTART Shanghai

As part of our series of market access support, IDA is organising the iSTART@Beijing and iSTART@Shanghai programme. Through delegation trips to each of these destinations, IDA will engage China-based incubators, investors and companies, to help Singapore-based start-ups enter the Chinese market. They would help participating companies understand market dynamics, and connect with key individuals with the intent of securing customers, investors, and partners - through a variety of targeted meetings, events and workshops organised for the delegation.

Note : This programme has ended. Do look out for news on upcoming sessions.

Near Field Communication (NFC) Payment and Mobile Services Initiative

With the deployment of a nationwide interoperable Near Field Communication (NFC) infrastructure for mobile payment services, consumers can how “tap and pay” for their purchases at more than 30,000 retail points and taxis using NFC-enabled mobile phones.

Contactless POS Deployment Initiative

The Contactless POS Deployment Initiative aims to promote e-payment adoption in sectors that are currently using cash and to catalyse the deployment of NFC mobile payments by accelerating the deployment of CEPAS-compliant e-payment terminals.

iSTART:ACT

The iSTART:ACT (Accelerate & Commercialise Technology) programme is a grant scheme that aims to encourage and assist Singapore-based start-ups to accelerate technology commercialisation and catalyse go-to-market activities by leveraging internationally-proven technologies. iSTART:ACT focuses on enhancing start-up business viability by leveraging established technology to overcome the valley-of-death phase that start-ups face.

BCA-IDA Green Mark for Data Centres Scheme

To provide recognition to data centre operators that have successfully deployed Green Data Centre best practices and demonstrated superior energy and environmental performance, BCA and IDA have developed the Green Mark scheme for Data Centres. The scheme comprises of a rating system which enables DCs to benchmark their degree of greenness with respect to their peers. Rating DCs in categories such as "Platinum", "Gold ^PLUS " and "Gold" provides the impetus for DC operators to track, manage and improve their energy efficiency performance to reduce operating cost and also improve the corporate branding.

Cloud

Cloud is the next important paradigm in computing that will present many new opportunities for the infocomm industry and other businesses in Singapore . IDA's IDA’s cloud vision is to sharpen the overall economic competitiveness of Singapore through the adoption of cloud computing and to enhance the vibrancy and growth fo the Singapore infocomm sector through the development of a cloud ecosystem.

Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN)

The Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) is the wired network of the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure. It will provide ultra-high speed broadband access of 1Gbps and more, where consumers can look forward to  a slew of next generation services at all physical addresses including homes, schools, government buildings, businesses and hospitals.

IPv6

The IPv6 Transition Programme is a national effort spearheaded by IDA in its role as the national planner for Infocomm development, to address the issue of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) exhaustion and to facilitate the smooth transition of the Singapore Infocomm ecosystem to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).