October 19, 2006

The Electronic Global Village Expands

First Singapore announced plans for implementing 2400 hotspots in Northern Singapore. Now Japan plans a giant wireless mesh network over 100 cities, resulting in open broadband access for over 50Mln people. Earlier in the year, Taipei City, Taiwan announced a wireless project to replace PSTN, with an aim of having 200,000 wireless VoIP phones for city employees by year end. And of course there's the countless other cities in the USA and other places installing their own municipal Wi-Fi networks, or just finishing the bidding process.

And with free or inexpensive municipal Wi-Fi, growing in abundance, there's expected to be a burst in sales of plain Wi-Fi or dual-mode Wi-Fi/ cellular phones. If ever there was a time to consider buying stock in wireless and IP-related hardware manufacturers, it's probably now. Just wait until after the US stock market crashes this November due to the mini-tech bubble that's formed.

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