The China Post
Date: February 11, 2017
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Passengers aboard high-speed rail (HSR) trains will be able to use
This undated file photo shows a Taiwan High Speed Rail train stopped at a platform in Hsinchu. (Alan Fong, The China Post)
Wi-Fi before the 2017 Summer Universiade opens in mid-August in Taipei, state-run Chunghwa Telecom said Friday.
The telecom’s president, Hsieh Chi-mao, said his company was conducting a trial run on some HSR carriages as part of an Airport MRT and HSR 4G/Wi-Fi network services project, adding that it would roll out across all trains in June at the earliest.
Hsieh said that while 4G Wi-Fi was already available on the Airport MRT system, Chunghwa Telecom was working closely with Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. to test the Wi-Fi on HSR trains.
Trial Run Underway
Hsieh said the 4G stations along the HSR were under joint construction by all telecom firms and that enhancing network service quality inside tunnels in Northern Taiwan was a priority. [FULL STORY]
