Taiwan market: users of Sony PSPs offered free wireless access to Internet via WiFly

Source Digitimes

Qware Systems & Services, the builder and operator of the city-wide broadband WLAN WiFly system in Taipei, and Sony Network Taiwan, the operator of local Internet-access services So-net, are cooperating to provide users of Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) consoles in Taiwan with free wireless broadband access to the Internet via WiFly.

Sony launched its PSP WLAN services globally first in South Korea in September 2005 and second in Hong Kong and Taiwan around the end of last month, with So-net responsible for the operation in Taiwan. PSP WLAN Internet surfing is available at hot spots, while WiFly extends the services to many indoor and outdoor places in main urban areas of Taipei, according to So-net. Users of PSP consoles need to use Sony's NUD (Network Utility Disc) to surf the Internet through WiFly and download contents.

More than 70% of PSP users in Taiwan have played on-line games through ADSL or WLAN, So-net pointed out. According to local retail channels, more than 200,000 PSP consoles have been sold in Taiwan.