NCS signs agreement with LTA’s MSI Global

Singapore-based information, communications and tech services provider NCS has agreed in principal to provide consultancy and intelligent transport solutions to overseas customers. NCS, part of the Singtel Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with MSI Global, the commercial arm of Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), under which the company will provide services such as planning, design and project maintenance for government and transit agencies in Australia, China, Hong Kong and South-east
October 28, 2019 Read time: 2 mins

Direct from 6456 ITS World Congress 2019

Singapore-based information, communications and tech services provider NCS has agreed in principal to provide consultancy and intelligent transport solutions to overseas customers.

NCS, part of the Singtel Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with 4050 MSI Global, the commercial arm of Singapore’s 918 Land Transport Authority (LTA), under which the company will provide services such as planning, design and project maintenance for government and transit agencies in Australia, China, Hong Kong and South-east Asia.

The organisations put their digital signatures” on iPads to seal the MoU during a ceremony at ITS World Congress on Wednesday this week.

NCS CEO Ng Kuo Pin says the company was “pleased and honoured”. While MoUs are not binding, he says he hopes “we will make something happen together”.

MSI MD Sim Wee Meng says the partnership taps into both parties’ experience “to offer commuters innovative solutions for their transportation needs”.

NCS will use AI, 8356 MaaS, cellular Vehicle to Everything connectivity and analytics to help digitalise the LTA and “improve commuter experience and engagement”, it says.

Related Content

  • December 5, 2017
    Hamburg’s on-demand alternative to commuting by car
    As Hamburg is confirmed as the host for the 2021 ITS World Congress, David Crawford looks at the city’s moves towards enabling MaaS-type operations. Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg, is pinning its civic reputation on having its promised all-electric, on-demand, shuttle bus ridesharing service up and running by 2018. Partners in the three-year project are regional metro and bus service provider Hamburger Hochbahn and Volkswagen Group’s Berlinbased mobility innovation subsidiary Moia, which was set
    Read More
  • October 23, 2012
    ITS Australia and ITS Canada sign MOU
    At the 2012 World Congress, ITS Australia and ITS Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to foster the development and deployment of ITS technologies in both countries. The two nations share many common elements impacting the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies, including large land masses with relatively sparse populations, long inter-urban corridors, and a heavy economic dependence on international trade, much of it resource based.
    Read More
  • September 10, 2014
    ITS Australia launches Asia Pacific Student Scholarship program
    The 2014 World Congress in Detroit provided the ideal venue to launch the ITS Australia Asia Pacific Student Excellence Scholarship program. The program offers sponsorships to up to 10 students representing ITS Asia Pacific associations to attend the 23rd ITS World Congress 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. ITS Australia CEO, Susan Harris, says: “ITS Australia created this Scholarship Program to support and encourage student participation, not just attendance, at the Congress, and to recognise student exc
    Read More
  • March 27, 2018
    Dundee trial offers insight into delivering MaaS in smaller urban and rural areas
    A MaaS trial in Scotland will evaluate the attraction of such services for young people living in small cities and rural areas. Colin Sowman reports. It is often said that Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is fine in big cities - but what about smaller towns and rural areas? Well, the city of Dundee in Scotland has only around 150,000 people but is set to provide some answers with its trial of NaviGoGo, a MaaS operation aimed at 16-25 year olds – be they students, working or unemployed. By population, Dundee
    Read More

Highlighted Content