KOREAN BUSES (at least in Seoul) will soon have internet connection as
a matter of course. On the BBC”s Six O”clock news, business
correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has been running a series of reports
from what is generally accepted as the world”s most
technology-conscious country in the world. In a suburb of the city
they have been running trials of what they call Wibro, wireless
broadband. The new system promises to provide high-speed internet
access, even in vehicles moving at more than 97 km/h (60mph), hence
the bus. Some 3,000-test subscribers are putting it through its paces
right now, and in June it will be launched commercially with a Wibro
zone covering Seoul and then other major cities. Cellan-Jones noted
that even on the deep subway the latest 3G phones operate without any
problems. South Korea hopes to export its wireless broadband
expertise to other countries. The question is whether everybody else
will be quite so keen on connectivity as the Koreans.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4964860.stm