MuniWireless

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China, has completed the first phase of a citywide wireless broadband network. Wi-Fi access is now available along the main traffic routes and popular tourist areas. The local government expects the network to be finished by 2010. Wasu Digital TV Co., the service provider, claims they will be able to provide digital TV even to users in moving vehicles (up to speeds of 40 kph). I am very skeptical of any claims…

Taiwan’s M-City Wi-Fi network is expanding to include Kinmen County, a group of islands 200 kilometers from Taiwan. Although Kinmen County (pop. 80,000; 153 square km) is in the southwest of Fujian province (China), the Taiwanese government controls it.

Kinmen is the largest island and has become popular with tourists ever since the Chinese government allowed its citizens to travel directly to Kinmen. To provide Wi-Fi access to visitors, the Taiwanese government decided to expand its M-City project to the islands.…

Motorola’s WiMAX technology will play a significant role in the development of Taiwan’s planned “ubiquitous mobile” network.Motorola’s WiMAX technology will play a significant role in the development of Taiwan’s planned “ubiquitous mobile” network.

Motorola, which is making aggressive moves in the WiMAX market, announced this week that it has won two infrastructure contracts with aiwan’s Far East Tone Telecom which serves about a third of the country’s mobile wireless market.

The project proposes to enhance FET’s existing infrastructure to cover Taipei County’s…