Taipei plans for 200,000 on wireless Internet phones by year-end Wed Jul 5 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060705/tc_afp/taiwanittelecom_060705113442
TAIWAN (AFP) - Taipei city expects to have 200,000 people using wireless Internet phones by the end of this year, providing a much cheaper alternative to the traditional mobile. "This is the world's first Internet phone system using the whole city, rather than a spot, as a wireless operation environment," said Daniel Wongg, spokesman for the Taipei Computer Association. Before the end of August, hundreds of elementary and high schools will be installed with the Internet telephony system and 400,000 school children, parents and teachers will be encouraged to use the new system under the so-called "Taipei Easy Call" initiative. For the 10 companies jointly promoting the ambitious initiative, "it also offers an excellent platform for a more comprehensive use of Internet and other wireless communication," Wongg told AFP. "If this is successful, then the model could be copied in cities elsewhere in the world. And that means ... business opportunities for Taiwan's competitive information technology companies," he said. Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
