iCELL Network
iCELL Network Pte Ltd was a Singapore-based wireless infrastructure provider. It was, at one time in the 2000s, one of the three operators of the Wireless@SG programme in Singapore.
| Type | Private |
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| Founded | January 2004 |
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Key people | Ken Chua (CEO as of 2013)[1] |
History
The company was formed in 2004, spun off from PC-Connect, a company focusing in systems integration, which in turn, was spun off from Neat Technologies in 2002.[2]
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) selected iCELL to be one of the three initial service providers for Wireless@SG. iCELL was eventually dropped from the programme in July 2013, when the company's proposal did not meet IDA's requirements for the next deployment phase of the programme.[3]
In 2015, Chua Thiong Kien was sentenced to six months imprisonment for cheating the Infocommunications Development Authority of Singapore. While iCELL was part of the Wireless@SG project, Chua submitted an expense of $379,200 to the IDA, the authority over Wireless@SG; included in the expenses was an invoice for 425 Internet cameras from PC Connect. In reality, only 44 cameras were actually purchased; Chua himself was still a director at PC Connect and had directed PC Connect to create the invoice for 425 cameras.[4]
References
- "Management". iCELL Network Pte Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "Wireless Services & Solutions - iCELL Network". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- Ho, Derrick (April 24, 2013). "Government drops iCell as Wireless@SG service provider". The Straits Times (online ed.). Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- Commercial Affairs Department Annual Report 2015 (PDF) (Report). Singapore Police Force. 2015. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-07.