Harinderpal Singh Grewal: Singapore, Next generation regulation

Pacific Telecommunications Council

Interview with Harinderpal Singh Grewal, Infocomm Media Development Authority, Singapore looking at Singapore: Next generation regulation in an early adopter market IMDA is Singapore’s regulator in the ICT space covering both telecom and broadcasting. As an early adopter territory, it encounters policy challenges before many other regulators in the world. Here, several issues are being studied including spectrum allocation, obligations to cover, the relevance of 5G services in moving from a 4G world, as well as extremely advanced challenges such as the ethics in the deployment and use of artificial intelligence. As the country approaches 5G rollout, it has also launched major national initiatives to spearhead the use of ICT in promoting economic benefit.