Residents welcome wireless Hangzhou

SHANGHAI: Want to watch a live event on your mobile phone while strolling along scenic West Lake - your wish will soon come true. Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, is to launch a citywide broadband network.

The network will cover major traffic arteries, popular tourism sites, and events by the end of next month.

When fully implemented by 2010, the broadband metropolitan area will cover the whole city and its suburbs, enabling civil administrative services such as parking lot charges to be paper-free.