Innovative Wi-Fi Services and Applications Award

The "Innovative Wi-Fi Services and Applications Award" creates a good opportunity for all wireless developers. Both members and non-members of the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and Hong Kong Wireless Development Centre (HKWDC) may submit proposals with the topics focused on innovative Wi-Fi services and applications. Those selected innovative Wi-Fi services and applications will be deployed for use free of charge at HKWDC and Wi-Fi facilities of selected sites under the Government Wi-Fi Programme for the entire project period until 30 June 2009.

The innovative Wi-Fi services and applications should focus on the delivery of creative services, information and content for utilizing the Wi-Fi facilities. Preference will be given to those applications which can utilize the Wi-Fi facilities under the Government Wi-Fi Programme as well as integrating with other access technologies such as 3G mobile networks, Location-based Services (LBS), Global Positioning System (GPS), Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), etc.

In order to promote innovative Wi-Fi services and applications development, the winning company will receive an award capped at a maximum of HK$60,000 per application. This award will cover up to half of the development cost, including application development cost, software & hardware cost for development and demonstration at HKWDC and Wi-Fi facilities of selected sites under the Government Wi-Fi Programme.