I2R Signs MOU with Local SMEs

A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with leading global and local industry partners such as Sumitomo Electric Networks， Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation， Network For Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Pte Ltd and a few small and medium enterprises to jointly explore and collaborate on a research consortium on Interactive TV technologies.

Sumitomo Electric Networks， Inc Mr. Hiroaki Nishimoto， Director said: "Based on our network equipment technologies business nurtured over 20 years and rich experience in developing and mass production of high quality stable Full HD IPTV STB， Sumitomo Electric Networks would like to contribute to launching world-class competitive Interactive-TV service with customer satisfaction over NGNBN here in Singapore"

Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation， Jay Kishigami， Vice President， NTT Corporation and Director， NTT Cyber Solutions Lab said， "The timing of this consortium is perfect since it is keenly focused on facilitating the collaborative interworking of several value chains to activate a new market that will provide value added service to the customer."

Professor Lye Kin Mun， Acting Executive Director said， "This collaboration marks a great milestone for local research that puts the efforts gleaned from research and development for IPTV with industry players to be implemented into working concepts. I2R is pleased to form this consortium that forges alliances with the current industry movers and shakers in this next generation of interactive TV."

Sumitomo Electric Networks， Inc. is a leading supplier of broadband access and IPTV equipment， and its major product lines include ADSL， VDSL， GE-PON (Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network)， VoIP (Voice Over IP)， HGW(Home Gateway)， PLC(Power Line Communication) and IP-STB products to cover a variety of broadband access services and applications.

Both data processing and LifeLog processing/appliances are core technologies to achieve the user-oriented "Personalized retrieval and communication service" in the near future with user-friendly design and also world-leading QoE that will provide easier access to the network through home electric appliances at home.

INTRIMEDIA is a Singapore based company that specializes in the development of interactive media solutions on IPTV， mobile devices and the internet. The company is well positioned to take advantage of the emerging service delivery platforms such as Smartphone and IPTV. Our core domain expertise includes Android， iPhone and Windows Phone7 development covering both front-end (client side) and backend application solutions.

Our services include helping companies and businesses to develop new services and solutions， re-engineering and customizing their existing systems to allowing them to reach out not only to existing customers but also to gain new customers， taking advantage of the new service delivery platformsSmartphone and IPTV. For enquiry on our services， please email enquiry@intrimedia.com .

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Reachfield IT Solutions Pte Ltd， a fast growing e-Solutions provider， develops and provides leading-edge e-business solutions for customized web-based applications. We aim to be the leading provider of component based solutions to organisations， enabling them to meet the challenges of fast moving business needs through the use of highly customizable， intuitive， responsive and user friendly software business components without corresponding high investment in Information Technology.

At Reachfield， our commitment is to build value-centric solutions incorporating state of the art technologies that help you to bring your business to the marketplace at the quickest time. Designed from the ground up to embrace continuous change in the Internet arena， we have built a robust and extensible component framework that enables you to economize on application development cost and time， to compete and leapfrog your competitions at Internet speed.

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ServTouch-Wywy is in the business of digital asset management and print/image equipment solutions. The New Media division drives our Kodak Singapore photo media businesses， an on-line personalized gifting and ordering portal and the growing IPTV engagements in the media space. We are involved with new media initiatives with MDA Co-Space program， IDA NIMS， government agencies and educational institutions.

With the fast-paced IPTV developments， we have developed a Content Delivery Network for video streaming and hosting on a Cloud Computing platform and also distribute a leading edge Over-The-Top media box. To encourage more local contents， we have our in-house content pre/post production teams working closely with events， training and education organizations.

SyQic is the owner and operator of YOONIC(TM)， an IPTV platform capable of delivering live streaming programmes， Video-On-Demand and rich interactive media through broadband within a country's existing broadband infrastructure via a variety of consumer devices including our OTT Set-Top Box (STB).

Through its multiple landings in the region， SyQic will be creating a comprehensive business ecosystem that links Consumers， Content Providers， Content Distributors and Advertisers in a mutually beneficial environment optimized for the monetization of their assets. SyQic is removing the barriers for the flow of content and working towards a vision of seamless content delivery designed to reach the consumers - whenever， wherever and however - while maintaining the integrity of all the stakeholders' rights.

SyQic's capabilities are underlined by their collaboration with world renowned companies such as Huawei and the award of a commercialization grant by MDA. SyQic also has access to one of only three IPTV licenses available in Indonesia.

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I2R performs R&D in information， communications and media (ICM) technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain. Our research capabilities are in information technology， wireless and optical communication networks， interactive and digital media; signal processing and computing. We seek to be the infocomm and media value creator that keeps Singapore ahead. Website: