INFOCOMM consultancy services will be going for as low as $5 at a resource centre here.
But this is available only for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).
The amount is the minimum fee that the SME Infocomm Resource Centre, already set up at Singapore Polytechnic, will charge for advice it gives to help these companies get tech-savvy.
This is one of three initiatives announced by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday, after a survey of business infocomm usage last year had found that more could be done to help Singapore's SMEs.
The resource centre, targeted at smaller companies, usually with up to 10 people, will provide advice on basic things like how to set up e-mail and offer consultations on bigger projects like setting up websites and online applications - all for a nominal fee.
A survey by the IDA released yesterday found that two-thirds of these companies do not have websites.
Some 38 per cent still do not use computers, and 55 per cent are not even connected to the Internet.
'Many of these companies recognise the importance of using infocomm...but sometimes they just need a little bit of help to overcome their fear of using technology,' said Mr Chan Yeng Kit, chief executive of IDA.
For larger SMEs further down the road of infocomm implementation, there are two other initiatives.
A sum of $5 million from Spring Singapore's Technology Innovation Programme has been set aside over the next three years for these.
The money will go towards funding projects for companies that want to leverage on infocomm for business growth, or those that are deemed good enough to be role models for other companies to learn from.
Details on how companies can qualify were not released.
Altogether, the three initiatives will address two of the SMEs' biggest barriers in using infocomm - not knowing how to implement the projects, and not having enough money for them.
Ms Lily Chan-Shepardson, owner of online florist Olive 3, welcomed them.
She said her 15-strong company had wanted to stream live videos of floral deliveries online, but did not have the technical know-how nor money to do it.
'There are a lot of new technologies coming out all the time, and some small companies have many interesting ideas, but no money to carry them out. If we can apply for grants, it'll definitely help,' she said.
