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5.2 PURSUE PROACTIVE MARKET LEADERSHIP
Singtel continues to invest in enhancing our systems and network infrastructure in pursuit of our aim to be Asia’s leading multimedia and ICT solutions provider.
 
In FY2013, our total capital investment in Singapore was S$726 million. The year also saw a number of acquisitions by Singtel to deliver innovative content to both consumers and enterprise customers. These include Amobee and Adjitsu (digital advertising), Pixable (photo application) and HungryGoWhere.com and Eatability (restaurant guides).
 
Our investments mean that customers get to enjoy the best from the cutting-edge technology around the world and high quality services to meet their communications and entertainment needs. For example, more than 300,000 corporate users trust Singtel’s cloud services to drive their business operations today, making Singtel the leading telco provider of cloud services in the region.
Total capital investment
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2013
S$652 million
S$726 million
S$818 million
S$726 million
 
The G-Cloud
In FY2103, Singtel’s track record of investment and innovation led to a number of significant events coming to fruition. Singtel’s comprehensive suite of award winning, trusted end-to-end cloud capabilities, strong ICT expertise and track record enabled us to be awarded a five-year tender to deploy a private cloud computing infrastructure on a whole-of-government basis. The G-Cloud marks the 1st private cloud infrastructure to be developed on such a scale to cover all government bodies in Singapore.
 
The adoption of the G-Cloud services redefines the government sector’s delivery of
e-services, both internally and to the public. G-Cloud opens the gateway for more government e-services to be delivered quickly, securely and on-demand. It helps to streamline service delivery and improve productivity while lowering capital and operating costs.
 
Collaboration for market development
Singtel is part of a technological development alliance which includes six other global communications companies to cooperate globally in machine-to-machine (M2M) business solutions. The focus is on technological cooperation in developing and enabling a seamless global solution for the provision of M2M communications for multinational customers, stimulating the sale of M2M communications further and improving customer convenience.
 
 
The goal is to initially assist a number of distinct and high-potential industries such as consumer electronics, automotive and energy efficiency through the development of new business models, creation of new products and services and reduction in operational costs.
 
Collaboration for research and development
Singtel and Amdocs joined forces to open a development centre based in Israel to serve as a gateway for local start-ups. Singtel L!feLabs@Israel is the 1st such collaboration in Israel by a service provider from Asia Pacific. It will fulfil part of our strategic plan to increase investments in R&D and accelerate innovation. Working with strategic partners, renowned research institutes and the ecosystems of start-ups and incubators, L!feLabs will focus on reaching out to the local community of entrepreneurs to develop capabilities, conduct proof of concepts and the eventual commercialisation of innovative technologies, products and services in the 25 countries where the Singtel Group operates.