An opportunity to showcase their solutions at Oman’s leading IT and telecoms show, participate in an eGovernment seminar, and be featured on Omani radio and television – members of the Singapore delegation to COMEX certainly had a full and fulfilling schedule at the event in April.

Led by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), the five Singapore tech companies presented solutions ranging from secure mobile communications to fleet and asset tracking, in line with the key theme of this year’s COMEX Conference, which was “Mobility”.

Presenting on the topic of “Mobility Challenges in the Governmental Sector”, Mr Chong Chee Wah, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, TreeBox Solutions, discussed trends such as human-driven behaviour and its impact on advancements in mobility. “Such human behaviour is amplified in the significant increases and prevalence of mobile apps. These trends have significant impact on government sectors as well,” he said.

TreeBox is a secure mobile communications company. Its flagship product, OnTalk, is a secure enterprise communicator that provides secure voice calls, conference calls, instant messaging, group messaging, SMS and attachments.

Mr Chong and the other Singapore delegates also participated in the eGovernment Seminar jointly organised by the Information Technology Authority (ITA) of the Sultanate of Oman and IDA as a lead-up to COMEX.

The aim of the seminar was to facilitate the exchange of eGovernment best practices and thought leadership between Singapore and Oman. It presented an opportunity for the Singapore companies to present their experiences in delivering eGovernment-related solutions, said Mr Adrian Long, General Manager of V3 Teletech.

Mr Long offered insights into how geo-spatial, mobility and telematics tools are shaping operations and workforce productivity in the public sector, and shared some of V3 Teletech’s projects relating to municipal management and regulatory compliance enforcement.

V3 Teletech also showcased its Fleet Management System and the V3 suite of workforce jobs assignment and monitoring applications at the COMEX Exhibition. Its Smart Taxi Management System was featured in a live broadcast on Oman TV and Mr Long was interviewed on radio about V3 Teletech’s participation in COMEX.

Other companies in the Singapore delegation included CrimsonLogic, one of Singapore’s key partners in eGovernment implementation; Simple Solution Systems, which emphasises on user-centric design solutions; and SQL View, whose e-records management solution has over 15,000 users across many government agencies in Singapore.

Mr Vincent Wong, CEO of IDA International, said Singapore sees Oman as a valuable partner in ICT collaboration as both countries recognise ICT as a key enabler in improving the quality of lives of its citizens. The strong line-up of Singapore tech companies at the event reinforced Singapore’s commitment to forge stronger partnerships between the two infocomm industries and contribute to developing the blueprint for Oman’s ICT development, he added.