By Juan Pedro Tomás
Singapore telco M1 announced a strategic collaboration with Accenture to drive 5G growth for enterprises.
The carrier said that the partnership will initially focus on maritime, energy and smart estates industry verticals.
As part of the agreement, both companies will co-develop solutions using 5G, IoT, edge computing and cloud to solve industry challenges and support enterprises in these identified industry verticals.
“5G and its game-changing capabilities is something that we have relentlessly worked on to realize value for consumers and businesses. Here at M1, we are ready to transform businesses and industries with true 5G. We continue to remain at the forefront of 5G development and are excited to be working with Accenture to further accelerate our 5G journey and create a multiplier effect to bring the best value for enterprises with 5G,” said CEO at M1, Manjot Singh Mann.
“Accenture recently surveyed 2,500 global executives across industries in 17 countries and found that 80 per cent believe 5G will have a transformational impact on their business. This 5G network collaboration with M1 enhances our ability to drive compressed transformation across the cloud continuum with a dynamic array of capabilities from the public cloud to the edge and everything in-between. Together, we will help enterprises accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation and solve business problems as they leverage advanced network connectivity to enable more sustainable practices that will shape the future of cities,” said Singapore country managing director at Accenture, Ng Wee Wei,.
To date, M1 said it has conducted more than 15 5G use cases and partnerships, ranging from maritime drones to autonomous vehicles in smart estates. M1 has ongoing partnerships across the aforementioned verticals, which include 5G drone trials at the Maritime Drone Estate with Airbus, Maritime Port Authority of Singapore and Infocomm Media Development Authority to support port operations, incident management and response, 5G augmented reality surveillance and video analytics for workplace safety and efficiency with Keppel Offshore & Marine, as well as 5G-powered Autonomous Mobility Robots with Continental and JTC, with a commercialized food delivery robot that is currently serving in CleanTech Park.
M1 first launched 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) in September 2020 to a handful of locations in Singapore. The carrier then followed up with the launch of Standalone (SA) services in early August 2021.
M1 said its 5G network already provides coverage to about 65 per cent of Singapore.
