Wi-Fi hotspots everywhere. In Singapore that is.
This we noticed during our visit to our ultra-rich neighboring country to attend the CommunicAsia 2008, the largest information and communication technology trade show in the Asia Pacific region.
More than the city-state’s well-paved roads lined with trees, its tall buildings and truly cosmopolitan looks, the ready availability of wireless Internet access in almost all parts of the world’s sixth-richest country made me green with envy. Singapore, indeed, comes close to any IT guy’s notion of Web paradise.
This ubiquitous presence is brought about by the city-state’s Intelligent Nation 2015 project, which was launched in 2006 to transform the country into one giant Wi-Fi hot spot. As much as this corner would wish for such a state of wireless connectivity for consumers on these islands, we are fully cognizant of our country’s present realities.
