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Tech Capitals Of The World - Singapore IS IN!
By xaby | June 19, 2007
When the Singapore Government pushes for something, it usually gets done - fast and good. See how far our I.T initiative has gone.
Article from TheAge.com.au
Want ultra-fast broadband, free internet ‘hotspots’ across town and all the latest gadgets? You won’t get it in Sydney, but Arjun Ramachandran finds the cities with all the right connections.
In April, about the time Sydney newspapers were lambasting Australia’s household broadband speeds, Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul, was sitting on a moving bus and using a laptop. Se-hoon could have been downloading TV shows, playing online games or chatting with friends, because he was enjoying speeds of three megabits a second using WiBro, a new wireless broadband service from South Korean telco Korea Telecom.
On the same day, KT announced that WiBro - which delivers high speeds even to those travelling at 120kmh - would be rolled out throughout Seoul.
The story illustrates Seoul’s top spot among the world’s digital cities. Stephen Quinn, associate professor in communication studies at Deakin University, visited Seoul in April. “You still see people walking about reading print newspapers, using origami to fold broadsheets to the size of a paperback novel. But you also see people surfing the internet on tiny laptops while on the subway, which travels about half a kilometre underground.”
Usually, Seoul’s need for speed has been met by wired broadband. “In Seoul, people live in highly concentrated tower blocks, which makes it easy to get fibre optic cable to a lot of people,” Quinn says. Broadband is available in four out of five Seoul households and costs just $40 a month for speeds up to 100Mbps.
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