(From left) Mr John Chambers, Cisco's Chairman and CEO and Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts witnessing the strategic collaboration Memorandum of Intent (MOI) signing ceremony

Cisco and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) have agreed to expand on their Memorandum of Intent (MOI) signed in October 2005 to further enhance current and future collaborations for converged infocomm applications in Singapore.

In a ceremony witnessed by Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts and Mr John Chambers, Cisco's Chairman and CEO, on 8 December 2006, both parties will look to further development and deployment of next-generation networking solutions.

"Cisco's and Singapore's visions are alike in many ways," said Mr Craig Gledhill, Cisco's Managing Director for Singapore and Brunei. "Cisco is building the network to become the platform to enable life's experiences and the Singapore government similarly sees ICT as the enabler that will impact the way Singaporeans work, live, play and learn. This shared vision is the driver behind iP3(interaction across People, Private and Public enterprise) and Cisco is excited to be able to contribute to iN2015."

(From left) Mr Craig Gledhill, Mr John Chambers with Dr Lee Boon Yang and Mr Leong Keng Thai

Mr Gledhill added that Cisco was looking forward to the development of proof-of-concept projects that may be applicable for wide-spread adoption in Singapore.

According to Mr Leong Keng Thai, Deputy Chief Executive & Director-General (Telecoms), the IDA, welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with MNC partners like Cisco to explore the use of next-generation technologies for Singapore's development. "Such partners can lend their experience and expertise in helping us to achieve our iN2015 vision of building an intelligent nation, global city powered by infocomm," he said.