Hongkong street lights will be installed at any time on the street Wi-Fi free internet access

After going to Hongkong on the road can even Wi-Fi internet. Hongkong Secretary for commerce and economic development Su Jinliang in the day before the Legislative Council members respond to questions that, the highways department has to related operators to provide street lights list, the operators are coordinated and unified design of Wi-Fi device, is expected to end before the highways department approval.

Since 2008, the government has launched the "Wi-Fi Hongkong government" program to provide free wireless broadband access services to the public at the government site. The government is planning to extend the Wi-Fi service to include more leisure and crowded places and public institutions, and plans to free W-iFi services to a generic brand promotion.

Su Jinliang said, the government of Hongkong, the purpose of the Wi-Fi is to set up Wi-Fi wireless internet access facilities in the appropriate government venues to facilitate the public and visitors free links to the internet. "Wi-Fi" is currently in the 430 government site installation of over 2300 Wi-Fi hotspots, these sites covering 18 districts, including public libraries, advisory service center, sports venues, and cultural center, Kangle center, cooked food markets and employment centres, community halls, large parks, government buildings and offices etc.. Since the beginning of last month, "Wi-Fi pass" personal uplink speed limit increased from 1 to 2M per second to about 3M per second, faster transmission.

The government has amended the Ordinance to facilitate the provision of telecommunications services operators to expand the coverage of outdoor wireless Internet services in Hongkong. Su Jinliang said that in order to assist the operators to use the lamp post installed Wi-Fi devices, the highways department has provided a list of operators to filter out for the installation of Wi-Fi devices can be used for street lighting information, such as their location, height, etc.. He said that the proposed first in the stream of people and the use of services to facilitate the establishment of the location of Wi-Fi hot spots, so that service facilities more cost-effective.