Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
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| Formed | December 1, 1999 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 10 Pasir Panjang Road. #10-01 Mapletree Business City. Singapore 117438 |
| Annual budget | $34 million SGD (2011) |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Communications and Information |
| Website | www |
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (Abbreviation: IDA; Chinese: 新加坡资讯通信发展管理局; Malay: Penguasa Pembangunan Infokom Singapura) was a statutory board of the Singapore government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). It was formed in 1999 when the government merged the National Computer Board (NCB) and Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS), as a result of a growing convergence of information technology and telephony. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is responsible for the development and growth of the infocomm sector in Singapore. IDA functions as the country's infocomm industry champion, the national infocomm master-planner and developer, and the Government Chief Information Officer (CIO).
On 18 January 2016, MCI announced that IDA and the Media Development Authority (MDA) will be restructured into two new entities, which are tentatively named the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Technology Organisation (GTO), in the second half of 2016. GTO was later renamed as Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and officially legislated in Parliament on 18 August 2016.
Led by Steve Leonard, the former head of EMC & Symantec in Asia, IDA was in charge of the nation's 10-year infocomm masterplan, also known as Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015), which has since been succeeded by the Infocomm Media 2025 plan. Through iN2015, two key components introduced as part of the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (NGNII) initiative are, firstly, Wireless@SG—a wireless broadband programme developed by IDA—and secondly, the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN)—a nationwide ultra-high speed broadband network supporting speeds of up to 1Gbs targeted for completion in 2012.
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