Taipei promotes the use of wireless Internet phones

Taipei City is expected to have about 200,000 people using Internet phones later this year. This is considered a much cheaper alternative to traditional mobile service.

" This is the world's first Internet phone system that uses the whole city, not hotspots, to form an overall wireless environment ," said Daniel Wongg, a spokesman for the Association. Taipei computer.

By the end of August, hundreds of high schools and high schools will be installed with Internet telephony systems and about 400,000 students, parents and teachers will be encouraged to use the new system within the "Taipei Easy Call initiative". ".

Daniel Wongg said there will be 10 companies involved in the ambitious initiative to create a solid foundation for widespread use of the Internet and wireless communications.

" If successful, this model can be replicated in any city in the world. And that also means creating business opportunities for Taiwanese IT companies ," Daniel Wongg. identify.

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