If everything falls into place for its IT masterplan, Singapore could be looking at 80,000 new jobs and tripling its infocomm exports by 2015.

First unveiled in 2006, the Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) Masterplan is Singapore's blueprint for a major makeover, riding on an ultra-high speed infrastructure at broadband access speeds beyond 1Gbps.

The government hopes to transform key economic sectors such as tourism, as well as develop new economic pillars like digital media, and build a tech-savvy workforce.

Singapore is also targeting a two-fold increase in the infocomm value-add services industry to S$26 billion (US$17.9 billion), and a three-fold increase in infocomm export revenue to S$60 billion (US$41.3 billion) by 2015.

The Little Red Dot, with its small population of 4.6 million, has also drawn accolades from around the world for embracing infocomm innovation in government services. A 2007 global study on e-government services by Brown University placed Singapore in second place after South Korea, but ahead of the United States and Taiwan.

However, Singapore is looking to raise the bar. It aims to increase the percentage of government services that are online from 98 percent today, to 100 percent by 2010. Armed with its Integrated Government 2010 plan, Singapore has set itself the goal of providing a fully-integrated spectrum of public services.

Wireless and mobility continue to be top on Singapore's agenda, marked by its islandwide wireless broadband initiative Wireless@SG, and plans for a wireless broadband network within 15 kilometers from Singapore's southern coastline to benefit the seaport community by 2008.

To achieve these goals, Singapore will need a ready pool of infocomm talent who can help drive this makeover. Read on for what's in store for the Singapore IT workforce. Find out where the hot tech jobs are, and if Singapore's IT manpower can maintain its competitiveness in the wake of rising wages.

Check out the latest IT spending forecasts by verticals and key IT and mobile statistics for this Asian Tiger. And find out why it has been a slow march for open source in Singapore.

Insight Singapore  is the third in a series of special reports on Asia's hottest IT markets. If you have any market insights or comments on the stories published here, drop us an e-mail to share your thoughts.