Agenda 1. SGIX and Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) 2. iDA iN2015 Master Plan 3. NBN and its Development 4. Cost of Circuits 5. iDA Licenses 6. The future: SmartNaQon (HetNet) and 4th Telco This presentation will talk about the past and future Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (iDA) master plans and how they shaped Singapore Internet landscape. The objective is to give Indonesian companies a brief understanding on the situation and regulations in Singapore.

1. Singapore
Internet
Landscape
Kerk
Chun
Sing
(chunsing.kerk@sgix.sg)
SGIX

2. Agenda
1. SGIX
and
Internet
Exchange
Points
(IXPs)
2. iDA
iN2015
Master
Plan
3. NBN
and
its
Development
4. Cost
of
Circuits
5. iDA
Licenses
6. The
future:
SmartNaQon
(HetNet)
and
4th
Telco

3. SGIX
and
IXPs
1. Non-­‐profit
and
members-­‐driven.
2. 54
connected
members.
3. 3
interconnected
sites
–
Global
Switch
(GS),
Digital
Realty
Trust
(DRT)
and
1-­‐Net.
4. Resellers
to
extend
our
reach
to
other
SG
and
HK
datacentres.
$
We
are
not
part
of
iDA

4. SGIX
and
IXPs
1. Layer
2
IX
running
on
STP.
2. Necessary
security
measure
a. broadcast
storm
control
b. Ethertype
filtering
c. IPv6
router
adverQsement
d. MAC
address
control
3. 2
route
servers
to
facilitate
mulQ-­‐lateral
peering.
BGP
communiQes
are
supported.

5. SGIX
and
IXPs
1. Other
3
IXPs
Singapore
Open
Exchange
(SOX)
1. Operate
by
NaQonal
University
of
Singapore
(NUS)
2. Nodes
in
Global
Switch(GS)
and
NUS
Equinix
1. Nodes
in
SG1,
SG2
and
SG3
2. Global
player
MegaPort
1. Latest
IX
2. Nodes
in
SG1,
SG2
and
GS

6. iDA
iN2015
Master
Plan
• iN
2015
=
Intelligent
NaQon
2015.
• The
10-­‐year
plan
is
formulated
in
2005,
which
created:
– Next
GeneraQon
NaQonal
Broadband
Network
(NGNBN)
– Singapore
Internet
Exchange
(SGIX)
–
and
others…

7. NGNBN
and
its
Development
Network
Company
(NetCo)
OperaQng
Company
(OpCo)
Retail
Service
Providers
(RSPs)
NetLink
Trust
(aa
OpenNet)
M1
MyRepublic
ViewQwest
SingTel
StarHub
Bluetel
Nucleus
Connect
SP
Telecom
SuperInternet
Tata
LGA
And
many
more
• Interconnect
Offers
Agreements
between
NetCo
and
OpCo
-­‐
hfp://goo.gl/rHB8Zk
• More
info
on
NGNBN
:hfp://goo.gl/DWSUA0
• List
of
RSPs
:
hfp://goo.gl/57KPNl
MyRepublic

8. Cost
of
Circuits
1. What
is
the
cost
of
10G
circuit
between
2
points
in
Singapore?
2. Primary
factor
is
the
number
of
circuit
providers
between
the
2
sites,
how
hard
you
bargain,
duraQon
of
contract
etc.
3. Range
between
USD
2k
–
5k.

9. Cost
of
Circuits
1. What
is
the
cost
of
dark
fibre
(DF)
then?
2. The
price
of
DF
has
dropped
when
Superloop
entered
Singapore
market
in
late
2014,.
3. It
was
~SGD
12k,
now
~8k.
4. QuesQon:
Is
there
a
market
for
grey
fibre
(wavelengths)?

10. Cost
of
Circuits
Source:
Superloop
IPO
Prospect
2015

11. iDA
Licenses
1. There
are
many
types
of
licenses.
2. To
operaQng
network
transmission
and
provide
internet
access,
these
licenses
will
the
relevant:
a. Service
Based
Operators
(SBO)
b. Facili@es-­‐Based
Operators
(FBO)

12. iDA
Licenses
1. FaciliQes-­‐Based
Operators
(FBO)
– FBOs
are
operators
intending
to
deploy
any
form
of
telecommunica6on
network,
systems
and
facili6es
to
offer
telecommunica6on
switching
and/or
telecommunica6on
services
to
other
licensed
telecommunica6on
operators,
business,
and/or
consumers.
2. Services-­‐Based
Operators
(SBO)
– SBOs
are
operators
intending
to
lease
telecommunica6on
network
elements
such
as
transmission
capacity,
switching
services,
ducts
and
fibre
from
any
FBO
licensed
by
IDA
to
provide
telecommunica6on
services
to
third
par6es
or
resell
the
telecommunica6on
services
of
FBO.
List
of
FBO
licensees
hfp://www.ida.gov.sg/Policies-­‐and-­‐RegulaQons/Industry-­‐and-­‐Licensees/Licensing/Framework-­‐and-­‐Guidelines/FaciliQes-­‐Based-­‐
Operator)
Search
for
licensees
(hfps://eservice.ida.gov.sg/tls/searchLicence.acQon)

13. iDA
Licenses
1. Annual
Fees
FBO
Within
first
S$50
million
in
Annual
Gross
Turnover
is
S$80,000
Licence
duraQon
=
15
years
SBO
Within
first
S$50
million
in
AGTO
is
S$4,000
Licence
duraQon
=
5
years

15. Smart
NaQon
(HetNet)
a. Smart
NaQon
build
on
the
master
plan
iN2015
to
enhance
the
quality
of
life
of
residents
in
the
next
10
years.
b. Heterogeneous
Network
(HetNet)
is
the
foundaQon,
it
provides
the
ability
to
Connect
and
Collect
data.
c. Small
cells
(femtocells,
picocells
etc)
trial
in
western
part
of
Singapore.
TesQng
of
handover
between
cellular
and
wireless
LAN.

16. 4th
TelecommunicaQon
Operator
a. Spectrum
bidding
in
2016.
b. Spectrum
is
prefy
costly
($100
-­‐
136
million)
c. One
of
the
main
carrot
the
2
contenders
are
dangling
are
significantly
higher
data
limit.
The
current
Telcos
are
offering
2-­‐3GB/month.
OMGTEL
-­‐ Owned
by
Consistel
-­‐ Come
into
existence
with
NGNBN
-­‐ Market
disruptor
(in
a
good
way)

17. Terima
Kasih
(chunsing.kerk@sgix.sg)