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5G Grant

Make a difference to Singapore’s 5G ecosystem with your 5G-enabled solution today!

If you are a Singapore registered company or part of partnership consortium with an impactful 5G-enabled solution looking to go commercial, this is your chance!

All proposals should:

  • indicate a significant value and impact to enterprises and industry.
  • include the operationalisation plan, commercialisation plan and business model of the 5G-enabled solutions.

IMDA will support up to 70% of qualifying costs for approved projects.

The 5G Innovation Programme has ended on 31 Mar 2024.

About

To strengthen Singapore’s competitiveness enabled by a robust and advanced connectivity backbone, IMDA’s 5G Innovation Programme will be supporting and encouraging enterprises and industries to adopt and implement new 5G applications in live operating environment.

The 5G Innovation Programme will also be supporting solution providers and technology developers commercialising 5G solutions, by making the benefits of 5G more accessible to companies, focusing on:

  1. Domain areas (ie. Robotics & IoT, AI & Data, AR/VR)
  2. Commercialisation and deployment of 5G solutions.

Who can apply?

The applications must be made by Singapore-registered companies. Interested parties may also form partnership consortiums to participate in the grant. 

How to apply?

Interested applicants can submit the completed proposal template to 5GSG@imda.gov.sg with the email subject header “5G Innovation <Tech Domain> - <Company/Consortium Name>”.

Findings of 5G industry use-cases supported by IMDA

IMDA’s efforts to drive the adoption and commercialisation of 5G solutions, through the testbeds and other efforts, have seen significant success.

IMDA, PSA, Singtel, M1

PSA continues to make waves as the world’s first 5G mmWave port operations trial sees progress. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) achieved a reduction in latency by 50% compared to current 4G network. This will enable PSA to scale AGV operations at Tuas Mega Port beyond 2000 vehicles. Automated Rubber Tire Gantry cranes (aRTG) have also seen significant stability in terms of throughput low latency. 5G will enable PSA to completely automate its RTG operations and empower its staff for higher value job roles and upskilling in new areas of work.

Read more on PSA Findings (239.87KB).

IMDA, Razer, Singtel

IMDA’s partnership with Razer has also seen significant results. This first ever mmWave trial for Razer was conducted at Ngee Ann City and Singtel’s Comcentre and findings from this trial enabled a re-imagining of the mobile gaming experience with 5G-enabled gaming controllers. Based on learnings from this trial, Razer has launched the Razer Kishi V2, a universal mobile gaming controller that promises a “console-class gameplay experience” for smartphones. It also launched the Razer Arctech, a heat-dissipating mobile phone cover that supports the heavy processing load required for a seamless gaming experience.

Read more on Razer Findings (141.76KB).

Frequently asked questions

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What are the requirements to be eligible for the 5G Innovation Programme?

Singapore-registered enterprises who are interested to deploy or adopt new 5G solutions to harness the potential of 5G technology may apply for the grant.

Do foreign companies qualify for the funding?

Only Singapore-registered entities may apply for the grant. Non-Singapore registered companies may partner with Singapore companies to form consortiums to participate in the grant.

What is defined as commercialisation?

Defining Commercial Deployment - For End-user enterprises, solution should be deployed in live environment, where scale of deployment would be as per defined by Applicant at application stage. For Solutions Providers, solutions should be deployed at first customer’s operations.

What if the project did not achieve commercialisation?

Projects not realising commercialisation may be subjected to partial reimbursement, assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Is there a deadline to submit proposal?

This is an open grant and enterprises may submit proposals whenever they are ready. However, proposals will be evaluated on a first-come-first-serve basis, and may be subject to availability of programme funding.

Will IMDA be allocating 5G trial spectrum for the project/trial?

There will not be any trial spectrum allocated. The projects are to focus on commercial deployment of the 5G solutions and hence should be tapping on the commercial network rolled out by the Mobile Network Operators.

For further enquiries, please drop an email to 5GSG@imda.gov.sg

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