Singapore launches Data for All initiative

Singapore has launched the Data for All initiative, which mobilises the community to come forward to provide digital connectivity to 30,000 individuals from vulnerable segments.

The initiative was launched at the nine-day inaugural Digital for Life (DfL) festival organised by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).

Data donations

Telecommunication companies M1, Gomo by Singtel and giga! by StarHub have committed to create awareness of the DfL movement, and to mobilise their customers to join the DfL movement by pledging support or donating their unused data through the Data for All initiative.

They will work with public organisations, social service agencies and community partners such as AMKFSC Community Services, Care Corner, Lions Befrienders, Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)’s Community Link (ComLink), NTUC Health, SG Enable and Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities.

Each telco has committed to providing 10,000 mobile data lines, which will collectively support 30,000 beneficiaries

Each telco has committed to providing 10,000 mobile data lines, which will collectively support 30,000 beneficiaries. Working with people and public sector partners, each telco will reach out to the beneficiaries as follows:

• MSF ComLink will reach out to youths and children from low-income families
• AMKFSC Community Services, Care Corner, Lions Befrienders, NTUC Health and Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities will reach out to seniors from low-income families
• SG Enable will reach out to persons with disabilities and their caregivers.

DfL was established in February 2021 with support of more 100 partners from the private, public and people sectors and has already helped 200,000 Singaporeans embrace digital as a way of life. Its inaugural DfL festival is Singapore’s flagship tech event by the community for the community.