Starting on July 19, laptops equipped with Legend GPRS [General
Packet Radio Service] network adaptor can log on Internet without
any wire bound in 138 Chinese cities after applying for GPRS
service of China Mobile.
The service package offered by Legend group is called “Moving
Wing.” Laptop users may apply for GPRS service from China
Mobile and use GPRS network adaptor developed by Legend group
to have wireless Internet access in 138 cities where such a service
is available now. In addition, users who have Intel wireless
network adaptor and Internet account of China Netcom also can enjoy
high speed service in more than thirty business centers in Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Wireless Internet service provides information more freely. The
charge for such a service is 1-2 yuan (about 12-24 cents) an hour
at present. Business people are expected to be the major consumers
of the service in coming two years.
On
this year’s International Telecommunication Day (May 17), China
Mobile formally declared its commercial operation of GPRS, covering
138 cities in China. In the meantime, China
Netcom has set up a wireless broad band network in more than 30
business centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
(china.org.cn by Li Liangdu, July 20, 2002)