Around 1,000 positions in 5G expertise will be created by the end of this year, of which a third will be new roles, with the rest to be filled by existing telecommunications professionals who will be retrained.

The initiative is from a partnership between the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and mobile network operators, as the demand for such professionals continues to grow while Singapore’s nationwide 5G roll-out gains momentum.

Announcing this at the ConnecTech Asia virtual event yesterday, Minister