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	Major North American cities now in the process of building Wi-Fi hotspot networks include Philadelphia and San Francisco. Here in Asia, our neighbor, Taipei, has established more than 4,000 wireless hotspots over the last two years. Now known as the world's most Wi-Fi-enabled city, Taipei has been awarded the coveted "Intelligent Community of the Year 2006" Award by the "Intelligent Community Forum" of America's World Teleport Association.
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	Analysis by US firm ABI Research shows that the provision of Wi-Fi devices will grow from 40 million last year, to 249 million in 2011. As a result, many major centers are now building citywide networks to satisfy growing Wi-Fi demands. Some are being built by governments or in partnership with the private sector, while others are being developed solely by commercial organizations.
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	Fred, a fund manager who frequently travels overseas on business, was full of praise for the citywide Wi-Fi concept.
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	802.11, 1997 - the original 2Mbit/s, 2.4GHz version 802.11a, 1999 - 54 Mbit/s, 5 GHz standard physical layer ...
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Hong Kong's move towards citywide Wi-Fi is a hot topic throughout local IT industry circles, but turning the dream into reality will require pioneering efforts. Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA) Chairman John Chiu says: "WTIA is working hard to organize the industry and to ensure introduction of citywide Wi-Fi for the people of Hong Kong."

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1. Have you ever tried to use Wi-Fi to access the Internet outside your home or office?

2. Do you worry about network security when using public Wi-Fi networks?

Poll Result 1:
41% voters are using Unified Communications

Poll Result 2:
42% voters think three-way conferencing will facilitate a new mode of working in 12 months' time

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