Singapore residents to have 100/50 MBPS by 2015

Is there a 100MBPS club in the making for some nations of the world? If there is, add Singapore to the list. Singapore’s governing body seems to grasp that not joining the club will put their at nation’s economic health at a disadvantage.

The government of Singapore has unveiled their plans to build a national fiber network that will offer minimum speeds of 100Mbps/50Mbps by the year 2015. The network, which will be scalable to symmetrical 1Gbps and provide open access to competitors, is currently in the Request-For-Proposal (RFP) phase, according to the project website. The network will be only partially government funded, to the tune of $750 million. (from Broadband Reports)