SingAREN is the only official test centre for the type approval. These test suites are developed based on ISO 9646 by SingAREN engineers.
Plans are also in place to expand the range of test services available.
For example, switch vendors with a development base in Singapore could use the centre for testing their prototypes or products. Corporations that need to test network technologies and equipment before commercial deployment can also get their equipment tested. With its affiliations with other broadband research institutes and test centres in Japan, the US and Europe, SingAREN will collaborate on international interoperability trials and tests of new and advanced network technologies. SingAREN will also extend its services to 1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd, the operator of the Singapore ONE network, to provide interoperability testing of vendor's equipment prior to deployment.