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Richard YinAdvisor to Taipei City Government

Chairman ,Information Technology Total ServicesDecember 6, 2006

Making Taipei a CyberCityMaking Taipei a CyberCity

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Introduction – Taipei

• Taipei, Capital of Taiwan – center of culture, business and politics of Taiwan

• Area: 272 km²• Population: 2.62 million （ 9,626 people / km

²）• Households: 920,000

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Taipei CyberCity ProjectObjectives

Making Internet a Public Utility

Make Internet Services Equally Accessible to All

Frequent the Net, Free up the Roads!

Integrate Ubiquitous Networks

Associated with the Network, Synchronize

the Pace with the World

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Taipei CyberCity Project Plan

1999-2006

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M-Taipei Initiative

Key Indicator Phase I

09/2004 ~ 01/2005

Phase II

02/2005 ~ 12/2005

Phase III

01/2006 ~ 07/2006

Population Coverage 20%

(520,000 people)

50%(1.3 million

people)

90%(2.32 million

people)

No. of Access Points 500 2,200 4,000

Objective:Transforming Taipei into a Wireless Hub

•To implement a citywide public wireless broadband network named WILFY

• To improve digital information connectivity and enhance government efficiency

•To offer residents access the internet at anytime in anyplace

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Why Taipei? Strengths and Opportunities for making M-Taipei Initiative Successful

• Optimum size and density

• High cell phone ownership rate

• Mature social conditions

• An unfair market practice motivating for a wireless alternative

• A leading city for wireless broadband

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Project Economics

• Public Private Partnership, BO (Build, Operate)

Model with Q-Ware Company

• Taipei City Government investment of US$3m on Public Application & promotion

• Q-Ware investment of US$30m on infrastructure installation

• Q-Ware plans to invest approximately US$60m on operation & developing innovative services in next 7 years

• Q-Ware will make the breakeven in 2010(Y5)

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Internet and Wireless Readiness

One of the world’s top three cities in broadband deployment

•Wireless usage: 31.8%•Households connected to broadband: 79.3%•Households Internet penetration rate: 83.6%•PC usage penetration rate: 88%•Wireless campus coverage rate: 100% (in 280 schools)•Free 3-hour on-line training course to more than 330,000 citizens

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Expand Industry Outputs• High-Tech Corridor and IT industry clusters:

Neihu Technology Park and Nangang Software Park USD60b generated in 2005 2,500 Companies recruited 85,000 knowledge workers recruited

• Knowledgeable Workforce 46% of citizens are university graduates US$93m spent every four years to fund IT education A majority of MBAs

• The Best Place to train Knowledge Workers

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EasyCard ProgramThese “contactless” IC cards (so-called EasyCards) offer integrated ticketing for parking, buses, the MRT, taxi, student IDs and books-borrowing cards in self-service libraries!As of October 2006, over 8 million EasyCards had been issued.

停车场

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e-Document and Paperless Meetings

• 84% of government document interchange is processed via the system

(400,000 – 500,000 transactions per month)• Paperless meeting & wireless access in

Commissioner Administrative Meetings!

Saving about Million

Sheets a Year

Saving about Million

Sheets a Year

543,573737,242 723,253 798,960

-200,000400,000600,000800,000

1,000,000

2002 2003 2004 2005

TransactionGovernm ent Docum ent Interchange

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Intelligent Transport System• Security-Monitoring for safe roads

and safe taxis• e-MRT, e-Bus, e-Taxi• e-Parking

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Public VoIP System

• Completed the deployment of municipal VoIP network

• Saving about USD12,500/month for Taipei City Government in first stage (since Oct. 2006 ), and a further USD30,000/month is estimated after 12 months.

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Taipei Citizens Satisfaction

1. EasyCard Program2. Wireless Taipei Project4. Neihu Technology Park

Wireless Taipei Program is highly appreciated Wireless Taipei Program is highly appreciated by the Citizens!by the Citizens!

Citizen Satisfaction Survey: by China Times Weekly in April 2006; effective sample size: 3,266

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Worldwide Recognization

• On January 19, 2006, the Wall Street Journal reported that Taipei is the first municipal city in the world offering citywide

Wi-Fi access.

• On June 9, 2006, Taipei City beat other six finalist cities and won the Intelligent Community Awards 2006 awarded by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). Taipei’s success was mainly attributed to its wireless broadband infrastructure development and thorough promotion of e-living.

• On June 29, 2006, JiWire, the public Wi-Fi company, announced that Taipei City is the world’s largest public Wi-Fi network, covering the greatest area and serving the largest population.

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Lesson Learned

• Major Elements of the M-Taipei Initiative Optimization of infrastructure Popular and diverse applications Killer handheld devices for residents

• B&O( build-and-operate) Model Innovative Partnership between the Government

and Private Sectors

• Network Effects Combining other network services to share network

effects

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Future Direction and Next Step

• Enhancing Infrastructure Development• Developing Wireless-Capable Devices• Promoting Application Services• Establishing Seamless e-Government

Services• Deploying from M-Taipei to M-Taiwan

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Welcome to Taipei Welcome to Taipei

Mayor Ying-jeou Ma