1 Richard Yin Advisor to Taipei City Government Chairman,Information Technology Total Services December 6, 2006 Making Taipei a CyberCity

2 Introduction – Taipei Taipei, Capital of Taiwan – center of culture, business and politics of Taiwan Area: 272 km² Population: 2.62 million （ 9,626 people / km² ） Households: 920,000

3 Taipei CyberCity Project Objectives 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

4 Taipei CyberCity Project Plan

5 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 5002,2004,000 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

6 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

7 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)

8 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

9 Expand Industry Outputs High-Tech Corridor and IT industry clusters: Neihu Technology Park and Nangang Software Park USD60b generated in ,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

10 EasyCard Program These “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

11 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

12 Intelligent Transport System Security-Monitoring for safe roads and safe taxis e-MRT, e-Bus, e-Taxi e-Parking

13 Public VoIP System Completed the deployment of municipal VoIP network Saving about USD12,500/month for Taipei City Government in first stage (since Oct ), and a further USD30,000/month is estimated after 12 months.

14 Taipei Citizens Satisfaction 1. EasyCard Program 2. Wireless Taipei Project 4. Neihu Technology Park Wireless Taipei Program is highly appreciated by the Citizens! Citizen Satisfaction Survey: by China Times Weekly in April 2006; effective sample size: 3,266

15 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.

16 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

17 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

18 Welcome to Taipei Mayor Ying-jeou Ma