Singapore, 11 July 2016 –NCS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Singtel Group, has won a S$10 million tender by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) of Singapore as the lead provider to blueprint the smart HDB towns of the future under the Smart Urban Habitat Masterplan (SUHMP). In addition, NCS will develop a Smart Hub platform to provide the HDB with advanced analytics and data for better estate management.
Mr Chia Wee Boon, Chief Executive Officer of NCS said, ”The Smart Urban Habitat Masterplan supports Singapore’s aspiration to become a Smart Nation by outlining a long-term plan to drive the development of HDB towns with smart eco-friendly features that make communal environments more liveable, safe and sustainable. For more than 80% of Singapore residents who make their home in HDB flats, the benefits in the long-run are manifold.”
For example, to conserve energy and reduce wastage of resources in HDB estates, data from sensors on solar panels, LED lights and smart pumps in water tanks can be analysed to assess and maintain the effectiveness of these systems. Service disruptions to residents can also be minimised by analysing usage patterns of common amenities such as lifts and smart lights to pre-empt maintenance problems.
Such benefits can be made possible through the Smart Hub, which is based on NCS' IntelliSURF™ platform for situational awareness and smart city operations. Once developed, this Smart Hub will integrate all the data that it receives from sensors embedded within the estate and generate relevant insights for HDB.
Mr Chia added, "The Smart Hub has the capability to integrate information from a variety of data systems and sensor networks. It is designed to help HDB and estate operators know what is happening in the estate so that they can improve service efficiency and achieve sustainability goals.”
The Smart Hub will scale up to over 1,000 HDB blocks progressively from 2017 onwards.
As the lead provider, NCS will partner AECOM Singapore, Arup Singapore and Samsung SDS Asia Pacific to identify and recommend a series of smart initiatives, with which HDB can consider for deployment into HDB towns. These initiatives can include a variety of estate enhancing services such as smart community services and implementation of game-like tools to engage residents and foster closer community living.
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Huawei Inks MOU with NCS and Tyco to Co-Create Safe City Solutions at Huawei Southern Pacific OpenLab Official Opening
Huawei Inks MOU with NCS and Tyco to Co-Create Safe City Solutions at Huawei Southern Pacific OpenLab Official Opening
Partnership between industry leaders accelerates innovation in safety and security technologies
Singapore, 17 August 2016 - Huawei today officially opened its Southern Pacific OpenLab to foster joint, customer and business-driven ICT innovation with industry and partners. At the opening ceremony, Huawei unveiled its Safe City Solutions, a suite of public safety solutions that strengthens incident prevention capabilities and shortens
emergency response time. At the event, Huawei also inked Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with NCS, a leading information, communications and technology (ICT) service provider and global security systems leader Tyco to co-create safe city solutions for smart nation projects, which will not only make Singapore a safer place but also contribute to the growth of the city state’s emerging safety and security industry.
Standing at a total surface area of 650 sqm and the largest of Huawei OpenLabs, the Southern Pacific OpenLab is Huawei’s commitment to building an open and sustainable ICT ecosystem through joint collaboration with leading software and industry partners. It is an open end-to-end one-stop ICT Infrastructure platform where partners can verify their solutions in actual network environment, leverage on training opportunities in research, marketing and solutions delivery, and use marketing funds to develop and incentivize channel partners. Visitors to the facility will also be able to experience first-hand solutions for smart cities, public safety, ISP, Education, Banking, and Transportation. As part of
Huawei’s commitment to innovation, the Southern Pacific OpenLab will be connected to a network of Huawei OpenLabs across the globe to facilitate the international exchange of ideas about new business models, market needs, and technical solutions.
“The establishment of Huawei’s Southern Pacific OpenLab will catalyse partnerships with leading enterprises, start-ups and research institutions for the development of digital enterprise solutions, with Singapore as a reference market. This will support Singapore’sSmart Nation vision and ensure our industries are at the forefront of the digital transformation wave,” said Mr Meng Fai Tung, Deputy Director, Singapore Economic Development Board. He added, “Huawei will also play a key role in training and equipping our local workforce with new capabilities– to build a better connected world enabled by
digital.”
“To help Singapore become the world’s first smart nation, Huawei is harnessing the best technology from its OpenLab and partners. Our Safe City Solutions are a good example of this, providing an incubation centre to allow enterprises to quickly respond to new market and accelerate their digital transformation and enhance the lives of Singaporeans.
“I'm excited about the partnership between Huawei, NCS and Tyco to co-create solutions to keep Singapore safe and secure,” said Diana Yuan, Global President of Marketing and Solutions Sales Department, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei.
“NCS has been focused on driving smart city innovations to help enhance essential government services and deliver game-changing enterprise solutions. We believe in growing a vibrant eco-system for smart city developments through partnerships with like minded technology players such as Huawei to co-create solutions for the urbanized future,” said Loo Boon Chee, Head, Customer Delivery Engagement, Communications Engineering, NCS.
In 2014, Huawei partnered Hexagon to develop a variety of solutions for public safety and enhanced communications between government departments and public utilities. The solutions have been successfully implemented by the Saudi government to improve urban management and service capabilities.
“Hexagon is proud to join with Huawei to provide Safe City solutions that combine command-and-control software, intelligent video analysis, cloud computing and eLTE networks to improve public safety and security. The Southern Pacific OpenLab further demonstrates how Huawei and its partners can collaborate to accelerate innovation and deliver even greater value to customers,” said Jerry Su, vice president of global strategy, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure, who participated in the opening ceremony.
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