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Updated Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:06 am TWN, The China Post news staff



	FarEasTone announces FET BBB WiMAX 4G soft launch in Taichung. From left to right: Jan Nilsson, Vice Chairman & President, FarEasTone; Liu Chorng-Jian, Commissioner, National Communications Commission; Jason Hu, Mayor of Taichung City; Douglas Hsu, Chairman, FarEasTone; and Lee Ta-Sung, Commissioner, National Communications Commission. (Courtesy of FET) Enlarge Photo

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FarEasTone to launch WiMAX 4G in Taichung

TAICHUNG, Taiwan -- The soft launch of FarEasTone's WiMAX 4G in Taichung yesterday heralded a new communications age. In attendance at the open ceremony were the Mayor of Taichung, Jason Hu; committee members of NCC; representatives from the Ministry of Economic Affairs; Chairman of FarEasTone, Douglas Hsu; President of FarEasTone, Jan Nilsson and other invited guests. Together, they launched FET BBB WiMAX 4G service in Taichung and later mingled with the crowd to demonstrate and also to personally experience the improved network performance of higher speed and enhanced transmission quality.

A slew of services including wireless broadband movie and music, family-oriented digital entertainment, digital advertising, mobile internet access, and e-books were on hand to wow the guests.

“Taichung is a charming city. Under Mayor Hu's leadership, the city has come to life and is well recognized for its numerous achievements,” Hsu said. “In a recently concluded survey by the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Executive Yuan, Taichung came in as the most digitally-savvy city among 25 cities and counties in Taiwan. Evidently, the government in Taichung has worked hard on improving the city by taking advantage of the benefits and conveniences afforded by technological advancements. With the launch of WiMAX 4G, I firmly believe that the aim of making Taichung a hub for cloud computing is well within reach.”

He added: “In 1996, after successfully obtaining our mobile operator license, FarEasTone put in all the best efforts to prepare for the historical moment in 1997 when we made the first 3G video call in Taiwan. Likewise for WiMAX, FarEasTone is the only mobile services provider among the country's top 3 who has been awarded the WiMAX 4G license. Using Taichung as a launching pad, FarEasTone hopes that this latest technological advancement will fuse better with the modern lifestyle and also allow Taichung residents to enjoy the conveniences of enhanced mobility.”

Vice Chairman & President of FarEasTone, Jan Nilsson, said: “Through our participation in the M-Taiwan project, we had the opportunity to work with the government and to pool our resources together to achieve the result of WiMAX 4G. In planning the gamut of services, we took great care to address relevancy for the different target segments and came up with family-oriented entertainment, mobile internet and business-related offerings so as to allow each group to enjoy these on the WiMAX network.”

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