This year again, Ubifrance Singapore will welcome a delegation of innovative french companies, with technology solutions dedicated to the banking and financial institutions based in Singapore. With 964 credit establishments, 114 commercial banks and 7 local banks, Singapore is a true hub for banks’ regional HQs in APAC.  As a consequence, the financial sector represents more than 1/3 of IT investments and therefore represents a source of business and partnership opportunities leveraging on the assets of french technological solutions. The delegation will then fly to Vietnam to exhibit on a french pavillion on the Banking Vietnam exhibition. For more information on the attending companies and partnership opportunities, please write to thibaut.humbert@ubifrance.fr

Ubifrance is please to announce the opening of the new Mediakeys subsidiary in Singapore: Press Release: Mediakeys is a full service communication agency broadcasting international media solutions within the world. Its founders fully own 12 offices in Paris, London, Milan, Genoa, Madrid, Cologne, Zürich, New York, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Tokyo and since September 2011 in Singapore with its new subsidiary.   In a few words, the worldwide agency keeps developing its network in this crucial strategic world area to take advantage of this new “place to be” with: -           New potential clients / budgets: Singapore is a regional hub in Asia giving access to the Asiatic headquarters of many advertisers -           A stronger local presence increasing their media buying power in South Asia   With its 12 subsidiaries and 12 spoken languages within the team, Mediakeys has a truly international structure that gives the opportunity to reach the best local deals wherever in the world and to guarantee the same high standards on all kind of markets with a centralized and efficient coordination. Forward thinking, entrepreneurial and human sized, the agency is well known to adapt its structure to client’s needs and expectations to deliver innovative and bespoke communication solutions. A win win game for leading brands such as Air France, Dolce&Gabbana, Uniqlo, Samsung as well as the major international communication groups such as Havas, Publicis, Omnicom, among others, that already have trusted Mediakeys to handle some of their international advertising campaigns for years.   Established in 1994 in France, the agency is now a leading independent AND international actor in its field and keeps growing with new services as well as a stronger and stronger network. Mediakeys has two sister companies: a creative agency Adkeys and a digital agency Digikeys.   For more information, visit http://www.mediakeys.com, email Emilie.tisserand@mediakeys.com or call (+65) 9631 5450

On November 2 nd and 3 rd , Ubifrance organized and hosted our landmark event, which attracted more than 300 attendees over the 2 days. This year’s renewed format comprised: Day1: Introduction session, Luncheon, Opening ceremony followed by 3 theme Workshops (Connected Solutions, Digital Media & Lighting & Smart buildings) and a networking cocktail. Day 2: Investors pitch (20 investors for 5 french and 4 singaporean pitching companies), Visit and meeting on Clean Energy Expo, and B2B meetings.   Overall, more than 58 speakers from Singapore and France had a chance to present their projects and innovations and share their views with the attendees on the topic of the “City of Tomorrow”.   This year we were pleased to welcome 21 companies from France, for whom were organized 91 B2B meetings. You can still check the profiles of these companies, who are looking to partner with Singaporean organizations to develop their APAC activities, on our newly created event website www.fsid.sg   We would like to thank again our sponsors Orange Business Services, Gemalto and Global Approach Consulting, as well as all the 10 organizations who supported us: Economic Development Board, Infocomm Development Authority, Media Development Authority, Building and Construction Authority, World Entrepreneurship Forum, Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation, Singapore Green Building Council, Infocomm Investments, Singapore Venture Capital Association, Oséo)   Next year’s edition will deal with the topic of Security and will endeavor to renew this success and create even more opportunities for French companies and potential Singaporean business and tecnological partners. If you wish to know more and get involved in our 2012 edition, please contact us innovationdays.team@ubifrance.fr

  We are very glad to announce that MediaCorp , Singapore’ largest media broadcaster and provider with 8 television channels and 13 radio channels, has selected french company ENENSYS ’s equipment for its DVB-T2 trial network to prepare for DVB-T2 deployment.                MediaCorp will set up a trial network to showcase DVB-T2 MultiPLP capability in delivering SD, HD and 3DTV programs within a single frequency during Broadcast Asia 2011 held in Suntec Singapore from 21 to 24 June 2011. The trial network will subsequently be expanded for a DTV-T2 Trial commissioned by Media Development Authority of Singapore. In this project, ENENSYS provides the DVB-T2 key elements:  the DVB-T2 Gateway, installed at the Head End site, used to adapt of the content to the DVB-T2 standard, to create the MultiPLP, to generate the T2-MI packets and to deliver the content to the transmitter sites in a synchronized SFN environment.  the DVB-T2 modulator, associated to the transmitter, receives the generated streams and configuration from the DVB-T2 Gateway and modulate it to a DVB-T2 signal, managing the different PLP. It is a great reference for company Enensys, and one more testimonial to France’s leading capabilities for broadcast technologies.  Once again, we will be back on CommunicAsia & BroadcastAsia 2012 through a french pavillion and a B2B meeting platform

Ubifrance is proud to announce that the future of Singapore television might well be powered by french equipment from company ENENSYS! MediaCorp set up a trial network to showcase DVB-T2 MultiPLP capability in delivering SD, HD and 3DTV programs within a single frequency during Broadcast Asia 2011 held in Suntec Singapore from 21 to 24 June 2011. The trial network will subsequently be expanded for a DTV-T2 Trial commissioned by Media Development Authority of Singapore.  In this project, ENENSYS provides the DVB-T2 key elements: The DVB-T2 Gateway , installed at the Head End site, used to adapt of the content to the DVB-T2 standard, to create the MultiPLP, to generate the T2-MI packets and to deliver the content to the transmitter sites in a synchronized SFN environment. The DVB-T2 modulator , associated to the transmitter, receives the generated streams and configuration from the DVB-T2 Gateway and modulate it to a DVB-T2 signal, managing the different PLP. ENENSYS was one of the 30 exhibitors of France’s pavilion on last Communic’Asia / Broadcast Asia last month in the city-state.

During CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia 2011, UBIFRANCEand the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (FCCS) promoted French innovation by granting 4 awards to 4 French companies, selected by a Franco-Singaporean jury board composed by the following French and local authorities and companies: Singtel, Google, Mediacorp, Nanyang Technological University, CVML, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Media Development Authority. The purpose of this event is to exchange recipes of success between Singaporeans and French players. More than 56,000 industry visitors, conference speakers, delegates, exhibiting staff and media from around the world attended CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia 2011 between 21 – 24 June. The CommunicAsia Exhibition is amongst the largest platforms organized for the ICT industry in the Asia-Pacific region. It draws global industry brands to showcase key and emerging technologies.   Franco-Singaporean jury board composed by:     Sixteen companies from broadcasting, media and ICT industries were candidates: ATEMIS AVIWEST AVENCALL DIGIGRAM ENVIVIO HTTV NETGEM THOMSON Video Networks RELAXNEWS NEOGROUPE URBAN MEDIA STUDIO SUPRANETCOM IN WEBO ARKADIN DGCT   Presentation and feelings from the winners in each category :   It was also an opportunity to show the performance of a glass-free 3D screen, by DGCT .  You could see here a demonstration realized for this event.    See you next year for the third edition!   Ubifrance Singapore     Article designed by Thibaut Chaboisson

IM Flash Singapore (IMFS) is a NAND flash memory wafer fabrication joint venture formed between Intel Corporation (Intel), the world’s largest semiconductor company, and Micron Technology Inc (Micron), the world’s second largest semiconductor memory company.  In Jan 2010, IMFS decided to restart the implementation of its wafer fabrication facility in Singapore after putting the project on hold in 2008 due to the memory downturn and global financial crisis.  The company’s state-of-the-art 300 millimetre (mm) wafer fabrication facility will produce flash memory devices at 25 nanometre (nm) and beyond.   IMFS will also grow to become Singapore’s largest semiconductor wafer fabrication facility by production capacity and in doing so, increase Singapore’s total wafer fabrication output by about 15% and lead to significant spin-offs for supporting industries (e.g. semiconductor equipment, specialty gases and chemicals).  Furthermore, as a state-of-the-art 300mm wafer fabrication facility from two industry leaders with strong brand recognition, IMFS will demonstrate Singapore’s competitiveness for highly advanced semiconductor manufacturing and help to attract even more semiconductor investments here.