Considerations in Providing Ubiquitous Internet Access for China's Metropolitan Areas: A Blueprint for Integrated Wireless Broadband Information Services

Matti Hämäläinen Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Zhangxi Lin Texas Tech University, USA

Abstract
Urbanization is an important trend in the process of China's modernization. The rapidly advancing adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in China is enabling this process and may also help in addressing the challenges stemming from the rapid changes, including those related to increasing traffic and environmental issues. This paper is intended to discuss a possible approach for enabling the vision of "Digital City" to become a reality by providing ubiquitous Internet access for China's metropolitan areas. In particular, the paper proposes a blueprint for integrated wireless broadband information services (IWBIS) and identifies a number of outstanding research issues to the implementation of IWBIS.

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Reference:	Hämäläinen, M., Lin, Z. (2006). "Considerations in Providing Ubiquitous Internet Access for China's Metropolitan Areas: A Blueprint for Integrated Wireless Broadband Information Services," Proceedings > Proceedings of Helsinki Mobility Roundtable . Sprouts: Working Papers on Information Systems, 6(38). http://sprouts.aisnet.org/6-38
Keywords:	Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Digital City; China
Item Type:	Article - Volume 6 Article 38 (2006)
Language:	English
Email:	Matti Hämäläinen (matti.hamalainen@soberit.hut.fi) Zhangxi Lin (zhangxi.lin@ttu.edu)

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