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Hong Kong Plans To Spend HK$100 Million On Free Internet Service(0) PCCW will be responsible for installing and operating Wi-Fi facilities in such public areas as libraries employment centers parks and government buildings. The whole project will be completed in two phases and the first 120 venues are expected to be put into use in June next year and the remainder done by 2009. OGCIO says that the agreement is a milestone in Hong Kong’s construction of a wireless city. In order to make Hong Kong a wireless city the Hong Kong SAR government already spends money to provide free Wi-Fi service in public areas like airports parks residential areas and gyms. It is estimated that about 20.000 people are using this service each day. Wi-Fi has become an infrastructure concern for cities across the world. Last year about 300 cities planned to make themselves wireless and this number has doubled this year. Companies like Google have said they wish to make cities like San Francisco offer free or low-cost wireless. Source : Chinatechnews |
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China Netcom Launches Instant Communications Service(0) Ling Xin is a comprehensive instant communications service that is available to all of China Netcom’s users. With this service, users can enjoy the instant communications service any time they like through multiple means including Little Smart short message, broadband PCs and the upcoming 3G client terminal. All this can be done between mobile phones, or between a mobile phones and PCs. Just like China Mobile’s Fetion service, China Netcom’s Ling Xin also showcases interoperability among different means of communications. China Netcom has launched Ling Xin as a value-added service to Little Smart. Some analysts quoted in local media say that China Netcom has entered the instant communications market at this very time to experiment on possible 3G services and accumulate experience for the upcoming roll-out 3G in China. Chinese market research company iResearch data shows that income from China’s instant communication market reached RMB670 million in 2006 and it will increase by more than 20% in the coming years and reach RMB1.44 billion by 2010. Source : Chinatechnews |
