Taipei to embrace net telephones

The city of Taipei, in Taiwan, could have 200,000 people making phone calls using wi-fi by the end of 2006, in what would be the world's first internet phone system using tan entire city, according to the BBC.

"Ten companies are pushing a "Taipei Easy Call" initiative which involves mobiles which can switch between calls using wi-fi and the phone network.

"If this is successful, then the model could be copied in cities elsewhere in the world," said Daniel Wongg, of the Taipei Computer Association.

The wi-fi mobiles provide a cheaper alternative to mobile phone calls."

emily | 9:29 AM | News, Buzz |
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