On March 18, 2026, the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) of Singapore issued a press release announcing that it had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The two parties will mutually recognize the IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Scheme, namely CSA's CLS and METI's JC-STAR. The memorandum will officially enter into force on June 1, 2026.

The press release pointed out that Singapore has signed mutual recognition agreements on IoT security with a total of five countries, including Finland, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Click this link to view the original CSA press release.

On March 2, 2026, Singapore's Cyber Security Authority (CSA) issued a press release announcing that the CSA and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will raise the mandatory cybersecurity requirements for residential routers from Level 1 to Level 2 of the Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (CLS) by the end of 2027.

Click this link to view the original CSA press release.

On 20 March 2026, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore launched the following public consultationd:

• Technical Specification for eUICC Subscription Management Technology - Consumer Device;
• Technical Specification for eUICC Subscription Management Technology - M2M Device;
• Technical Specification for Provisioning of eUICC Subscription Management.

The content of this consultation on technical specifications includes: software and hardware configuration requirements for M2M (or Internet of Things) devices and consumer devices using eUICC technology when implementing the "M2M Remote SIM Provisioning" function; and security and functionality requirements for consumer and M2M servers deployed in Singapore.

Click this link to view the original IMDA eUICC public consultations, which is open for comments until April 3, 2026.

On March 6, 2026, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore published the Technical Specification for Cellular Mobile Terminals (IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4). Updates to the specification include:

• From December 31, 2026, all phones must disable 2G networks by default;
• From April 1, 2026, all mobile phones must have emergency community broadcasting functions;
• Devices that reach the end of product life (EOL) before the above date are not subject to the above requirements.

Click this link to view the original IMDA TS CMT Issue 1 Rev 4.

On 10 November 2025, the Singapore Consumer Product Safety Office (CPSO) issued a notice numbered CPSO-101125-22 to Registered Suppliers (RS). The main contents of the notice are as follows:

• Reminder that registered controlled goods (CGs) may face supply suspension or prohibition if they are non-conforming or unauthorised modifications;
• It is an offence to supply or advertise suspended/banned CGs for the purpose of supply, and the offender is liable to a fine of up to US$10,000 or imprisonment for 2 years (or both);
• Clarify that RS needs to update the technical documents related to CGs modifications (technical modifications need to be re-certified/registered) and provide technical documents upon request within 7 days (violators will be fined up to $2,000 or 12 months in prison);
• CGs registration is valid for 3 years and must be renewed 6 months before expiration.

CPSO regulates 33 categories of household appliances, electronic and gas appliances and accessories, including adapters for ICT products including audio, video and computers.

Click this link to view the original CPSO notice.

On December 11, 2024, IMDA published the IMDA CMT Technical Standard (IMDA TS CMT, standard for cellular terminals) and the IMDA CBS Technical Standard (IMDA TS CBS, standard for cellular base stations).

Click this link to view the TS CMT technical standard; Click this link to view the TS CBS technical standard.

Following the announcement of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore on 26 July 2023 on the gradual withdrawal of 3G networks from 31 July 2024, IMDA announced the progress of the relevant decommissioning on 24 July 2024:

• Operator M1 has migrated all users to 4G/5G networks, and will gradually complete the retirement of 3G network equipment from August 1, 2024. Other operators will gradually retire their 3G networks from November 2024.
• IMDA will stop importing or selling mobile devices up to 3G starting in February 2025.

Click on this link to view the original IMDA announcement.