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Taipei's New Public Sector VoIP System |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
The Taipei City Government has deployed the world's largest public sector VoIP system to allow citizens to make free calls to access services, contact city officials and call schools all free of charge.
The VoIP system integrates similar systems for 163 units
under the Taipei City Government, Taipei City Council, and 234 schools of
various levels.
A click-to-call service allowing people to make inquiries
about services directly form the city's official website.
According to the China
Post the inauguration ceremony was jointly presided over by Taipei Mayor Ma
Ying-jeou, and top executives of AnDar Technology. and TeleSynergy which is a
leading provider of IP-enabled office communications solutions in Taiwan.
The system has been in use by civil servants for one month already
and has resulted in some NT$200,000 (approx
US$6,000) on telephone fees already. Now the public has been brought in on the
act this is expected to save a total of NT$400,000 on phone call fees per month.
Users can just dial "1999" using traditional
telephone lines to access the service.
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