Innovation
By 2015, Singapore’s capacity to innovate will be
the key differentiator of the country’s economy.
A major factor behind that will be its use of
infocomm. A first-class infocomm infrastructure,
infocomm industry3 and talent will be needed to
support and enable innovation in the economic
sectors and throughout society.
Infocomm will, for instance, enable new ways of
learning anytime, anywhere, through personalised
devices and wireless access. It will remove the
boundaries that surround the delivery of healthcare
Figure 1-1: Key themes of iN2015
now, allowing doctors to access holistic and updated
records of each of their patients. At the same time,
health information will be tailored to each individual
based on his or her health situation.
Beyond innovative usage, creation of new intellectual
property will also be a key focus for the country’s
infocomm enterprises and talent.
In this globalised economy, Singapore, with its limited
talent and other resources, will not just concentrate
on activities such as system integration or sales and
marketing. Instead, its infocomm businesses and
professionals will stride up the innovation curve, to
provide new intellectual property and solutions.