The territory's wireless showcase at Cyberport looks set to pave the way for a city-wide Wi-Fi network.
Cyberport, a US$2 billion landmark project managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company and wholly owned by the Hong Kong government, is being developed on a 24-hectare site at Telegraph Bay in the southern district of Hong Kong Island.
The project comprises four office buildings, a five-star hotel, a retail entertainment complex and a deluxe residential development. It aims to create an interactive environment that will be home to a strategic cluster of about 100 IT companies and 10,000 IT professionals.
In a statement Wednesday, the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company said the opening up of its wireless network--provided by Cisco Systems--for public access at the Cyberport during the past month, has enabled tenants to launch several innovative applications.
Examples of applications include facilities management, restaurant reservations, hotel guest room bookings, movie ticketing, next-generation games and Net telephony. These can be readily deployed city-wide when a municipal Wi-Fi network is implemented throughout Hong Kong, Cyberport said.
Hong Kong's upcoming territory-wide Wi-Fi network is part of its 2007 Digital 21 technology blueprint, which is expected to be finalized by mid-2007. Some Asian cities, such as Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei and Singapore, have rolled out or are rolling out Wi-Fi networks that cover major areas of the cities.
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