Now a Government turns on VIOP, Taipei City Government .
After planing to push the Taiwan Island into a Internet center, In July this year, Taiwan's state-controlled telecom company planed to invest NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) over the next five years to upgrade its network and further develop applications and services based on Web 2.0, things seems get along well. The plan was, Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. will spend half the money on infrastructure, replacing miles of copper phone lines with fiber-optic cable and the latest switches. I think they got the feet in right place.
But now comes the next surprise announcement. Actually putting words into practice. On Thursday, city government offices, the Taipei City Council, and 234 schools throughout the city switched to VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) systems from traditional phone lines, an official said. The entire effort is expected to save the city NT$400,000 (US$12,340) per month in phone bills starting from early next year.
Taipei built its system with help from corporate member's of a local organization developed to promote Wi-Fi and VOIP in Taiwan, IP Phone Open Exchange (IPOX) 070, as well as TeleSynergy Research, of Sunnyvale, California.
All the city government telephones on the homepage could be accessed via VOIP.
Links;
News source, infoworld
Taipei City VOIP info page (English)
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