5G Market Potential and Job Opportunities

Short Course

5G Market Potential and Job Opportunities

Programme Schedule	Duration (days)	Mode of Delivery	Programme Code
To be advised	1	Classroom Learning	TGS-2022012781
To be advised	1	Synchronous e-Learning	TGS-2022012778

Course Overview

While much has been promoted about 5G use cases and capabilities, few talk in depth about the opportunities in terms of investments, business growth and jobs created by a 5G-enabled economy. This training module is all about those. We will also cover the security, regulatory and legal implications of 5G as well as addressing some of the perceived health risks that 5G will bring. We will look at how 5G has improved some of the economic indicators of countries that have deployed 5G.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

Articulate the business trends and growth empowered by 5G technology
The 5G ecosystem and stakeholders
Investment and growth opportunities
Job opportunities (new jobs and conversion of mature ones)
Security, Regulatory and legal considerations

Who Should Attend

Senior Executives, Investors, VCs, Job Hunters

Prerequisites

Diploma Holders

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This programme is part of

Professional Certificate in 5G for Corporate, Business and Marketing Professionals (Non-Technical)

Testimonials

Sorry, my brain is dead :( But I really enjoyed the course and felt I've learned a lot about 5G!

Very relevant for novices of 5G technology.

The content was insightful and provided a clear understanding of the potential that 5G technology holds across various industries.

The trainer is well equipped and entertaining, learning experience exceeds my expectation.

The course provides a good introduction on 5G capabilities and its use application in different industry and countries.

Instructors

Mr Chia Wai Kong

Mr Chia Wai Kong is the Director and Principal Consultant for Jakkolab Pte Ltd, a business consulting company that specialises in technology training and business process optimisation consulting. Wai Kong has 30+ years of experience in technology and business consulting, and system integration and project management with infocomms technology (ICT) multinational companies such as HP, Agilent, Ericsson, Lithium Technologies and Huawei. He has taken up various roles in these companies as Project Director, Chief Architect, Principal Solution Consultant, Practice Principal and Senior Business Consultant. He has a truly global consulting experience, having managed project deliveries and done consulting projects on every continent except Antarctica. This included whole of Asia, Australasia, UK, Ireland, Germany, East Africa and South America, with delivery teams coming from SE Asia, China, Japan, Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland and USA. Key projects include Digital Transformation of Hong Kong Telecoms Enterprise Business, launching Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) for Indonesian operator, Business Case development for fibre-to-the-home launch in Kenya, Business case for enterprise fibre project for Vodafone Germany, Smart Kingdom for Bahrain, Telecom Transformation for Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Project Director of multi-team consulting projects for Smart Communications and a Greenfield service provider in the Philippines, and Project Director for all-India subscriber registry rollout. As part of HP and Ericsson, Wai Kong was responsible to enforce Consultant Skills Inventory and to build the Global Solution Repositories. While in Huawei, he has conducted training and workshops in various telecom business processes and technologies related to the above projects. He was also a trainer of the Business Model Canvas (BMC) at Huawei University. Wai Kong founded Jakkolab with the intent of transferring his extensive international consulting and project management experience to local and regional companies. He has delivered 5G and IOT training to corporations and undergraduates. He has also delivered Digital Transformation training to Myanmar Imperial University MBA class and coached a Myanmar team of undergraduates for the ICAEW Business Challenge 2019. He is an Associate Trainer for a Malaysia-based premium technology provider where he has three 5G courses listed. He is also providing consulting in Business Process Improvement to drive Digital Transformation for SMEs in Singapore and Myanmar. Wai Kong is a Singapore Certified Management Consultant (SCMC) under Singapore Government’s Consultant Quality Initiative (CQI), under Singapore standards TR 43:2015 using guidelines from international standard ISO 20700. He also has a Certificate in Digital Marketing from AVADO (jointly developed with Google) and is a Lithium-certified Online Community Manager, and also a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological Institute/National University of Singapore in 1987.

Mr Jim Lim Shien Min

Mr Jim Lim Shien Min is the founder of 59stVentures, an organisation focusing on leveraging expertise, experiences and connections of senior technology executives to create a positive social impact for society. He is currently the APAC Head of Health Ecosystem with the Zuhlke Group where he is helping the company expand its offerings to healthcare ecosystem players regionally. Prior to this, Jim was leading NCS Healthcare’s business and was involved in a few Covid-related initiatives including Community Care Facilities and public health systems. Before Covid, Jim was the founding CEO for Good Doctor Technology, a joint venture between PingAn Good Doctor from China and Grab. He joined the company as its first employee to set up its businesses in Indonesia and Singapore. Jim is currently an adjunct lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Huawei University and the FinTech Academy. He also sits on the board of startup companies in China, Taiwan, Singapore and India. Before his tenure at Good Doctor, Jim served as the Global Senior Director within the Group Chief Transformation Office at Huawei Technologies. In this role, he acted as the Regional Chief Technology Officer for strategic digital transformation projects across the APAC region. His focus encompassed various industries, including Telecommunications and Smart Nation/City initiatives, as well as domains such as Cloud Computing and Big Data. Additionally, Jim contributed to aspects such as Business Modelling and Design Thinking. Prior to joining Huawei, Jim was the CBE (Client Business Executive) at Amdocs where he held full P&L responsibilities spanning sales, delivery and operations. He was with Amdocs for nine years and was previously the Senior Director, Business Strategy and Sales Engineering in APAC, who set up the regional delivery team and was responsible for all accounts presales and strategic business development activities within Amdocs APAC. Jim was Techmahindra Presales and Delivery Group Head for APAC who set up its regional delivery centers and presales teams. Jim also established partnerships with other vendors such as Huawei and Oracle while serving as Country Manager for Greater China. Prior to this role, Jim was a project and JV manager and a senior consultant at Accenture, with solid experiences in large-scale business transformation programmes in SingTel, Telekom Malaysia and Starhub. With over 24 years of consulting, advisory and ICT industry experiences in business, customer and project management, Jim brings his wealth of experience providing strategic, business and technological advice to global clients. Jim holds an MBA (Distinction) from Manchester Business School and a B. Eng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and a seasoned company spokesman for media and analysts. He is currently the Vice President for Cloud Security Alliance Singapore Chapter, a global mentor for PingAn Technology Innovation Center, an industry mentor for ICT with Young NTUC, a Senior Fellow appointed by SUSS and an Executive Education Fellow at NUS.

Programme Fees

	Singapore Citizens		Singapore PRs	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs	International Participants
	39 years old or younger	40 years old or older	Singapore PRs	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs	International Participants
Full Programme Fee	S$850.00	S$850.00	S$850.00	S$850.00	S$850.00
Less: SSG Grant Amount	S$595.00	S$595.00	S$595.00	S$595.00	-
Nett Programme Fee	S$255.00	S$255.00	S$255.00	S$255.00	S$850.00
9% GST on Nett Programme Fee	S$22.95	S$22.95	S$22.95	S$22.95	S$76.50
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST	S$277.95	S$277.95	S$277.95	S$277.95	S$926.50
Less Additional Funding	-	S$170.00	-	S$170.00	-
Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes	S$277.95	S$107.95	S$277.95	S$107.95	S$926.50

Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, including GST, after additional funding from various funding schemes.
GST shall apply at prevailing rates.
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding.
Singaporeans and Singapore PRs are eligible for up to 90% SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) funding, subject to SSG funding guidelines.

Mr Chia Wai Kong

Mr Jim Lim Shien Min

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