'We're really striving to make information available and very accessible to the people through technology,' said Taguig mayor Sigfrido Tinga in a press briefing during the COMDDAP 2005 EXPO held at Fort Bonifacio.

The initiative puts the city on a virtual race with Manila which has also unveiled similar plans to install wireless hotspots throughout the city.

The tech-savvy Tinga formerly worked as a senior project analyst with Siemens-Nixdorf and was co-founder and former managing director of IT firm K2 Interactive before entering politics.

Tinga explained that the actual rollout of the project is expected to commence next year. He pointed out that several parts of the city such as The Fort are already Wi-Fi ready.

For the whole city, however, the mayor said that he is eyeing to install newer WiMax technology since its wireless connection can range up to 30 miles compared with Wi-Fi, which has a maximum range of 60 kilometers.