Showing posts with label wifi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wifi. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Victory Liner equips all its buses with free Wi-Fi

October 5, 2011, 2:48pm
MANILA, Philippines — On its 66th year of service, Victory Liner – one of the largest and most trusted bus companies in the country – has come up with another innovation to make long-distance traveling even more fun and convenient.

Victory Liner passengers can now continue surfing the Internet while onboard the Victory Liner buses, because the company provides free Wi-Fi connection in each Victory Liner provincial bus.

With this free service, passengers can maintain their online productivity even as they make long trips to Subic, Pangasinan, Baguio, Tarlac, Pampanga, and even Tuguegarao. The buses’ free Internet access allows you to check and reply to email messages, download file attachments, update your Facebook and Twitter status, write on your blog, and even play online games while you’re on the road. Before you know it, you’re at your destination, and not a single moment had been wasted during your travel.

Marivic del Pilar, head of Victory Liner’s treasury and marketing department, explains, “It’s no secret that a lot of people today do their work and get their entertainment online. So when we were brainstorming on what additional services we could provide our passengers, it was an easy decision to add free Internet access to our provincial lines.

“Of course, when we were looking for a service provider, we chose the one with the best customer reviews we could find,” Ms. Del Pilar adds. Today, Victory Liner’s 200 provincial buses are equipped with free Wi-Fi signal from Sun Broadband. Their service allows the most number of passengers to use the Internet comfortable, all at the same time.

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Taipei expands free wireless services

10/01/2011 | 06:23 PM

Wireless online services expanded to outdoor public areas in Taipei as the city launched Friday the second phase of its free public-area wireless services.

Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin kicked off the service Friday in a ceremony marking the formation of a 4G wireless city in Taipei, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported.

Hau made the announcement along with Global Mobile Corp. chairperson Rosemary Ho and Liu Chao-shiuan, president of the state-funded General Association of Chinese Culture and a former premier.

Global Mobile, a 4G WiMAX operator contracted to carry out the “Taipei Free" wireless online services program, said the number of hotspots in outdoor and indoor public areas in the capital city has reached 2,000.

This does not yet include hotspots on 500 public buses, but the number of hotspots on buses is expected to increase to 800 by the end of the year, the company said.

Since Taipei started its free wireless online services in indoor public areas on July 1, the volume of Taipei Free public-area wireless service users has increased to 1.8 million people.

These users will be able to surf the Internet through free wireless online services in outdoor public areas of eight major commercial zones in the city, including Taipei Main Station and the Xinyi District, Global Mobile said. — TJD, GMA News