Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) hailed a landmark for the country on Sunday. Broadband Internet access is now available in all but one of Taiwan's townships and villages.

NCC Chairman Su Yeong-jin made the announcement after the inauguration of broadband service in five remote aboriginal communities in south-eastern Taiwan.

The project was launched in order to bridge the "digital divide" between urban and rural areas around the country. The only community in Taiwan still without high-speed Internet access is Haucha Village in southern Taiwan where work was held up by typhoon damage. The mountain village hopes to be online by February next year.