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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (4744)	6/8/2002 8:45:28 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 12247

Indians hitch bus ride to the Net Thursday, June 06, 2002 PARIS (AFP) -- People in rural India will soon be able to access the Internet when a bus passes near their home, New Scientist reported in its latest issue. Buses are being fitted out with a 100-dollar wireless transceiver -- based on the "wi-fi" broadband networks used by laptops -- which is hooked up to an Internet Service Provider by radio. The next step is to modify software on village computers so that they automatically switch to "connected" mode whenever a passing bus is within range. The PostNet project, a joint venture between the Indian government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), initially aims to give farmers access to agricultural news and weather forecasts at least twice a day, the British weekly says jamaicaobserver.com

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (4744)	6/21/2002 5:21:46 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12247

Dial a cab and SingTel will locate you straitstimes.asia1.com.sg MORE than one million SingTel cell-phone users can now book a Comfort cab through an automated system that can detect the caller's location. Each such call will cost 50 cents. Callers do not need to speak to an operator, which can mean a wait of up to four minutes on rainy days. Comfort Transportation general manager Teo Chee Tiong said the service will help ease its 100 operators' load during peak periods, when up to 500 calls come in every minute, as well as assist those unsure of road names. To make a booking, the user dials 654 on his cell phone. The nearest SingTel base station - among the 1,900 located islandwide - that picks up the signal is used to determine his approximate position. The telco's computer system sends him a message via SMS, listing up to 10 pick-up points within 500 m of the base station, such as taxi stands and landmarks. He can also key in the appropriate six-digit postal code to indicate where he can be picked up. Once he confirms his pick-up point and booking, that information is sent to Comfort's satellite-linked taxi-dispatch system. He will receive an SMS within 30 seconds, telling him the cab's number and estimated arrival time. With gpsOne they could send the cab directly to you.* The service, which started yesterday, can be used only by those who subscribe to SingTel Mobile. They pay SingTel 20 cents to use the service, and another 30 cents for a confirmed booking, on top of the usual booking fee of $3.20. SingTel, which claims half the cell-phone owners here are its subscribers, said it may extend the service to the 400,000-odd who use stored-value SIM cards. Comfort may provide the new service to non-SingTel Mobile subscribers too. Its six other automated taxi-booking services have become increasingly popular with commuters, it said, adding that 70,000 out of 800,000 bookings a month are made using them. CityCab said it is 'evaluating something similar', which it will announce at a later date. It hopes to announce soon a service whereby cabs can be booked through the Internet, phones with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and SMS.