The 14 firms vying for the LTA licence include existing players, such as local start-ups Neuron Mobility and Telepod, as well as United States-based Lime.
oBike's new majority shareholder, Omni Sharing, applied for a sandbox licence to rent out 500 e-scooters under a new brand.
Ride-hailing firm Grab announced that its innovation arm, Grab Ventures, in launching a new e-scooter sharing service trial in the NUS Kent Ridge campus.
American company Lime, through a partnership with Ascendas-Singbridge, is rolling out a shared e-scooter scheme at Singapore Science Park 1 and 2.
Personal mobility device sharing operators will be restricted to small-scale operations when licence applications begin in January next year.
According to the Land Transport Authority, the earliest Singapore-based start-up Beam can launch its e-scooter sharing service here is next year.
The recommendations include lowering the speed limit on footpaths for personal mobility device users and cyclists from 15km/h to 10km/h.
An electric scooter sharing platform from Singaporean company PopScoot will soon be available downtown and in the heartland.
Home-grown start-ups Telepod and Neuron Mobility have begun offering shared e-scooter services in the Central Business District.