Singtel to hire, train 500 over 2 years for 5G, new roles

11 Feb 2021

Singtel will hire and train 500 professionals in Singapore over the next two years as part of a collaboration with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and SP. Of these, 150 will fill new 5G roles in areas such as network engineering, digital services and 5G product and platform development. Singtel's collaboration with NUS and SP comes under the 5G and Telecoms Programme Manager initiative, which helps industry partners identify and develop 5G-related training courses. Training for supporting roles such as software developers will also be offered by the IMDA's TechSkills Accelerator company-led training programmes. Similar story was reported in Lianhe Zaobao.

[The Straits Times]