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Your Gift at Work. Make a Gift. Here are some ways to connect to Wireless SG:. If you have a Singapore SIM card, you will be directed to install a profile.

If you don't, you will have to set up an account. This collaboration between SMRT and M1 is part of the Heterogeneous Network HetNet trials by the Infocomm Development Authority IDA , which test solutions to extend coverage, ease mobile data network congestion and improve internet connectivity on mobile devices by seamlessly switching between cellular networks and Wi-Fi hotspots. For instance, they can tap on the increased bandwidth available to transmit and receive richer data such as video, location and fare payment from their buses on the ground.

Last year, a trial to address the frequent problem of dropping Internet connections in areas with limited cellular coverage and congested mobile networks — such as lifts, basement car parks, MRT stations and bus interchanges — was launched in Jurong Lake District. It was in collaboration with the major telcos and Internet service providers. When contacted, StarHub said it has been working with several parties - including a transport operator — on expanding wireless coverage.

Singtel, said it recently completed HetNet trials to also integrate Wi-Fi on board a bus in the Jurong area. Among the transport operators, Go-Ahead Singapore, which will begin operating the Loyang package of bus routes in the third quarter of this year, expressed interest.

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What are you looking for? Preferences Community Newsletters Log Out. Written by Eileen Yu , Contributor. More businesses have subscribed to Wireless SG for their own operations, such as cashless payments and facility surveillance. But the system is now over six years old," noted Yaacob. Part of the enhancement plans includes a more simplified login process, instead of the current system requiring users to repeatedly enter their details on every use. The improved system will be able to recognize registered users through the SIM cards in their mobile devices.

According to Yaacob, t his will complement the country's mobile networks and allow subscribers to more seamlessly shift from 3G and 4G networks to Wireless SG.

This will potentially provide a form of Wi-Fi offloading and relieve some of the traffic strain on telcos' networks.

Last November, ICT regulator Infocomm Development Authority said it would draw guidelines to oversee hotspot rollouts , after it found the overlap from the increasing number of Wi-Fi hotspots may have slowed down the network for users. Developers are in short supply.