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Ho Chuan-teh, director of the RDEC Information Management Department, said more than 400 universities, colleges and schools have joined the system to allow students to pay their tuition and other fees through the RDEC system. Ho touted the system as a safe and convenient option for students and their parents.
Cheng Jheng-chi, a commissioner from the archives department of the MND, said the MND had, under advice from the Executive Yuan, employed non-government organizations to improve its Web site content.
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Taipaei looks set to be a wireless cybercity as its Mobile City (M-City) project nears completion this year.
Making use of an advanced form of Wi-Fi technology called Wireless Mesh, a swarm of about 10,000 wireless access points is being set up in and about the city to provide wireless broadband Internet access to the city's residents.
The focus of government industrial and technology policy, of course, should not be simply be directed at improving numerical ratings, but ratings of the "Networked Readiness Index" and its individual components drawn up by the WEF in its Global Information Technology Report can be of use in highlighting key areas for future improvement.