itaiwan.gov.tw : Government Indoor Public Area Free WiFi Access Registration Taiwan

Organization : iTaiwan Wi-Fi
Type of Facility : Government Indoor Public Area Free WiFi Access
Country: Taiwan

Website : https://itaiwan.gov.tw/en/index.php
Register Here : https://itaiwan.gov.tw/en/regist_01.php

Government Indoor Public Area Free WiFi Access :

Since 7 October 2011, more than 5,000 WiFi hotspots (access points) have been established in the indoor public areas of some offices of the agencies of the Executive Yuan to provide citizens with free basic WiFi access service.

Related : Taipei City Government Public Wi-Fi Access Registration : www.statusin.org/7465.html

This service is called iTaiwan and provides 1Mbps bandwidth for the public to access the internet. The WiFi hotspots are chiefly available in the indoor public area of local tourism attractions, transportation nodes, cultural and educational facilities, and government offices to provide citizens the ability to search for information over the Internet in case of emergency or when they are conducting business at government offices.

The service set identifier (SSID) of this service is iTaiwan. Phonetically, it is a homophone to “love Taiwan” in Mandarin. Semantically, it signifies both Intelligent Taiwan and Internet Taiwan. The relevant information of the service is available from the service website at https://itaiwan.gov.tw/index.php. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call our free 24-hour helpline at 0800-081-051. Our service staff will help you to solve your problems.

The Executive Yuan has cooperated with the Taipei city government, New Taipei city government and Tainan city government to establish a two-way user account roaming mechanism between Tainan Free Public WiFi Access (Tainan-Wifi), Taipei Free Public WiFi Access (TPE-Free), New Taipei WiFi Access (NewTaipei), and iTaiwan. The public only needs to complete registration on iTaiwan network to access all iTaiwan, TPE-Free, New Taipei, and Tainan-Wifi hotspots for accessing the internet over WiFi.

The ‘ iTaiwan Government Indoor Public Area Free WiFi Access ‘ is free. However, please take careful note of whether your internet access device (such as smart phone) has automatic network connectivity switched on. If your internet device connects automatically, when your device loses the iTaiwan WiFi signal, it may connect to the internet via a commercial 3G network automatically and you may be charged 3G data transmission fees. We suggest that you turn off automatic network connectivity before use. You should also remember to logout and close your browser when you no longer use ‘iTaiwan Government Public WiFi Access Service’ to prevent additional fees.

Registration:

1. Please check that the device you are using such as a Laptop, Tablet, Computer, Smartphone, etc. supports the Wi Fi network function.

2. To set up your wireless network access, please go to “Network Settings” and complete your wireless network setup as illustrated below:
2-1 For Apple iOS devices
2-2 For Google Android OS devices
2-3 If you are using a laptop, please activate the WiFi function and search for the relevant wireless network

3. Open your web browser, you will be automatically directed to the iTaiwan website:
The URL is: https://itaiwan.gov.tw/index.php

3-1 Enter your iTaiwan account and password to login.

4. If this is the first time accessing the iTaiwan network, you will need to go through a verification process via your mobile phone to register for an account.

The process is detailed below:
4-1 Click the “Register” button located at the bottom of screen.
4-2 Enter your mobile phone number, graphic code, and then press the “Request for Authorization Code via SMS” button. A 4-digit authorization code will be sent to your mobile phone.
4-3 Enter the authorization code received, your password, and e-mail address.
4-4 Congratulations, your registration is successfully.

5. Log-in and Log-out:
5-1 Open your web browser and you will immediately be directed to the log-in page. Enter your mobile phone number and password to log-in.
5-2 After verification, you can see some message that how to logout if you log in successfully.
5-3 if you want to logout from iTaiwan, you can visit 88.gov and you will be logged out.

Customer service center:0800-081-051
Customer service email: service@itaiwan.gov.tw