In addition to the ubiquitous network trends in Japan and Korea, Taipei completed its WiFly system infrastructure project in 2006 to become the world's first wireless city. The Singaporean government proposed a series of wireless and cable broadband network projects. The Indian IT city of Pune is eagerly pursuing its own wireless city plans. Its goal is to lay a new ICT infrastructure and to further promote wireless broadband. This report analyzes the development of Pune's wireless city project.
As large cities in North America and Europe are undertaking wireless city infrastructure projects, major cities in Asian countries are also setting up their own wireless network system projects in order to raise their international competitiveness.