With the Taguig city government allocating an estimated P10 million (US$183,000) for the wireless initiative, Tinga noted that the future operating costs is currently one of their major concerns.

'It's not the IT infrastructure that's bothering us but the operating cost. Right now, we're trying to come up with a plan on how to sustain it once we roll out the project.'

The city is also planning to tap other emerging technologies such as Voice over IP or Internet telephony once it efficiently starts deploying wireless broadband access.

When implemented, the wireless projects will be part of Taguig's '20/20 vision' strategy to bring the local government closer to its people.

'We want our people to be able to leverage on the value of information technology. If they can transact matters or requirements with the government over the Internet, then that would save them a lot of money and effort,' said Tinga.