NUS, StarHub to trial enterprise-grade 5G for students and staff

This will be available throughout S'pore for both coursework and research

- Gladys Wee

A trial is under way to pave the way for all 40,000 students and 12,000 staff of the National University of Singapore (NUS) to get enterprise-grade 5G connectivity throughout Singapore for coursework and research.

On July 5, StarHub and NUS signed a memorandum of understanding to deploy such a high-grade 5G network on campus, the first for an educational institution in Singapore.

Staff and students will be issued with an eSIM card on their mobile device of choice, be it a smartphone or a laptop, under a trial in the fourth quarter of 2024.

This eSIM card will authenticate every user securely for access to the university’s intranet and confidential information resources, even if users are not on campus.