History
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) was formed on 1 December 1999 when the government merged the National Computer Board (NCB) and Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS), through the passing of the Info-Communications Development Authority Act of Singapore as a result of a growing convergence of information technology and telephony.
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