Singapore Pioneers Nationwide Wireless Network with Firetide and iCELL

Firetide’s multi-service mesh networking solution to be used in the biggest mesh rollout in the Asia Pacific region to provide free Wi-Fi plus future advanced services to Singapore citizens and foreign visitors.

LOS GATOS, CA., & SINGAPORE, November 14, 2006 — Firetide Inc., a developer of wireless multi-service mesh technology, today announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has awarded service provider and Firetide partner iCELL Network the contract to build the eastern portion of the island’s ambitious nationwide Wi-Fi initiative. The IDA’s initiative, called Wireless@SG, will provide free Wi-Fi access to all Singapore residents and visitors from overseas, and will be installed over the course of one year. [Read more…]

Singapore Celebrates 41st Birthday with AscenVision and Firetide

AscenVision Technology Inc, the leading provider of WAN traffic management solutions, collaborates with Singapore partner, iCell and D-Synergy to create a ubiquitous network environment

Taipei, Taiwan, August 21, 2006 — Singapore’s National Day Parade is a yearly extravaganza with more than 50,000 participants, 65,000 spectators and 6 months of organizing culminating in 4 hours of sound and colour. This year organizers faced the new fresh challenge of increased security issues from the recent concerns on terrorist threats. The security department decided to install additional security cameras to build a multimedia network, and provide a secure backhaul to headquarters, which called for enormous amount of LAN points.

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Firetide Unwires Singapore National Day Event

Firetide and iCELL build wireless mesh network at Singapore National Stadium for National Day event.

SINGAPORE, August 17, 2006 — Firetide, a developer of multi-service mesh networks, today announced the successful deployment of its wireless mesh network at the National Stadium in Singapore. The wireless network, provided by Singaporean distributor D-Synergy and installed by Internet Service Provider iCELL Networks, served as a wireless infrastructure for the National Day Parade celebration at the stadium allowing video surveillance cameras and Wi-Fi access points to be deployed without cabling.

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Symbiosis With Its Vendor

Among the cornerstones of success for D-Synergy Tech Systems

By Oo Gin Lee

YOU could call it a start-up, but the founders of 5-month-old D-Synergy Tech Systems are no pushovers. And they have the numbers to show it. The wireless security system integrator opened shop in January this year, and it has already completed over 50 deployments of wireless systems for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In addition, it has a mega wireless hotspot deployment across 100+ outlets for a leading fast food chain in Singapore. [Read more…]