Singapore, 13 September, 2016 –
Singtel Innov8 announced the second installment of its Innov8 Connect programme
that brings start-ups and Singtel Group members together to create innovative solutions for real world business challenges.
On the programme’s importance for innovating with start-ups, Mr Tay Soo
Meng, Group Chief Technology Officer
at Singtel said,
“Innov8 Connect started
as a win-win platform to help start-ups develop viable business
solutions while allowing the Singtel Group to stay at the cutting-edge of innovation through
continuous experimentation. We hope to uncover
more innovative answers
for real emerging
business challenges with start-ups in this latest installment of the programme.”
The second installment rides on the success and momentum of the initial
Innov8 Connect programme launched in
January 2016, which attracted over 120 submissions from start- ups across 22
countries. Singtel shortlisted 14 start-ups for detailed discussions for
potential proof-of-concepts (POCs)
- some of which include:
Xjera Labs for smart and safe
city and Moogsoft, Opmantek and Zinier for enterprise operations.
Mr Edgar Hardless,
CEO of Singtel Innov8
said, “We have been very encouraged with the
results of the first installment of Innov8 Connect,
which has clearly
demonstrated the value that start-ups can bring to
Singtel. We hope to repeat the
success again in this second installment.”
In this new round of Innov8 Connect,
14 new business challenges have been identified by Singtel and its Australian arm, Optus, in areas such as the
Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality solutions and artificial
intelligence. Please see Annex A.
Relating to this round’s challenges, Mr Hardless added, “We look forward
to working together with more start-ups on the new set of business challenges from
this second installment of Innov8 Connect. Through these real challenges that
businesses face, we hope to spur greater innovation while identifying and supporting viable
solutions that meet the Group’s needs.”
Selected start-ups will be provided with up to S$75,000 to test and
validate the solutions with Singtel and Optus as proof-of-concepts. Successful
solutions from promising start- ups may lead to further
commercialisation with the Singtel Group,
as they will gain access to an extensive customer base that
includes both enterprises and over 600 million mobile subscribers across Asia,
Australia and Africa. These start-ups will also have the opportunity to seek funding from Singtel Innov8 and tap on its
network of co- investors and partners across the globe.
Interested start-ups can submit their proposals to Innov8 Connect from
today onwards. The closing date for submission of proposals is 31 October 2016.
Innov8 Connect Application and Selection Process
For more information on Innov8 Connect, please visit the Innov8 Connect
portal www.innov8connect.com
where briefs detailing the 14 new business challenges will be
published. Start-ups with relevant solutions
are invited to submit their applications through the portal from today. Selected
start-ups will then be invited to pitch to a panel of management
representatives from the Singtel Group.
Project Briefs
More details on the second set of 14 project briefs can be found in Annex A.
Annex
A: Innov8 Connect Briefs for Second Installment starting from 8 September 2016
onwards
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Brief Title
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Short
Description of Briefs
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1. Enhancing
customer experience with a voice-based digital interface
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Solutions
that provide voice control on existing devices and technology to enhance the
customers’ digital experience.
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2. Network security for the
connected home
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Solutions
that protect the next generation of connected homes with a diverse mix of
smart devices from emerging digital threats.
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3. New consumer IoT
application and services
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Smart
Solutions that utilise the next generation of IoT technologies to enhance our
daily lives.
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4. Revolutionising
the driving experience
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Smartphone
solutions to provide smart concierge services to enhance the driving
experience
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5. Using augmented
reality to empower customers
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Smartphone
solutions to provide augmented reality support to enhance user engagement of
existing customer self-service activities.
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6. Artificial
intelligence and automation in network operations
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Solutions covering networking optimisation, monitoring and
troubleshooting to transform network operation centres into service operation
centres.
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7. Innovative video
compression technologies
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Next
generation solutions to enhance video delivery for 3G/4G mobile
infrastructure through advance techniques of compression.
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8. Next generation workflow
management platform
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Workflow
management solutions that support multiple mobile devices with a seamless
dashboard offering reporting capabilities, central data repository,
notification and alerts.
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9. Automating
in-store retail operations
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Solutions
to introduce and deploy automation within a retail environment to enhance
in-store staff efficiency and customer satisfaction.
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10. Next generation supply chain
management platform
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Solutions
which utilise data-analytics and deep learning to optimise supply chain and
inventory management.
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11. Personalising the customer
experience across different devices
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Solutions
that identify and recognise users uniquely across multiple devices to provide
a consistent experience for them.
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12. Transforming the
contact centre experience
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Solutions
to integrate multiple applications and information sources on a single and
easy to access platform to enhance the customer self-service and customer
agent experience.
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13. Family cloud service
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Community-based
solutions to provide cloud services that facilitates communal sharing of
personal content and information.
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14. Intelligent entertainment
discovery
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Personalisation
solutions that intelligently aggregate and recommend content that are
tailored to your personal preference and behavior across multiple sources.
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Detailed briefs are available on http://innov8connect.com.
About Singtel Innov8
Singtel Innov8,
the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with
innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and
its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding,
Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise
of the Singtel Group, while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging
technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and
solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next
generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer
experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel
Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
For more
info, visit innov8.singtel.com or follow @singtelinnov8 on Twitter.
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