“City authorities have approved an ambitious plan to extend wireless services across the heart of Jiading, a district on the outskirts of Shanghai, by the end of this year,”the China Daily reports. “That would make Jiading the first place on the mainland to be linked by resilient radio waves instead of cables. Jiading is famous as the venue for Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. It was chosen by a non-profit think tank Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) recently as one of the 21 winners of the Intelligent Community Awards. The ICF is based in New York and focuses on job creation and economic development in the broadband economy. It uses the “intelligent community” for what others call the wired city, smart community or e-city. Jiading has a population of 1.2 million and is about 20 kilometers from downtown Shanghai”.

Shanghai district to go wireless