Singapore looks to extend free public Wi-Fi until 2017


ZDNet.com, 30 Aug 2012
SINGAPORE--The government has issued a call for collaboration (CFC) to deploy the next phase of Wireless@SG, with the aim to extend the free public Wi-Fi service until 2017.
Launched in 2006 as part of Singapore's Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) masterplan, the government-funded Wireless@SG initiative offers local residents free wireless broadband access in various locations across the island. A second phase was deployed in June 2009 to include the delivery of services and apps for consumers and businesses, and access speed doubled to 1Mbps later that year. Full story