diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 5a0db7b..7554359 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -84,4 +84,11 @@
         <source-file src="src/wp/NetworkStatus.cs" />
     </platform>
 
+    <!-- windows8 -->
+    <platform name="windows8">
+        <js-module src="src/windows8/NetworkInfoProxy.js" name="NetworkInfoProxy">
+            <merges target="" />
+        </js-module>
+    </platform>
+
 </plugin>
diff --git a/src/windows8/NetworkInfoProxy.js b/src/windows8/NetworkInfoProxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37cb5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/windows8/NetworkInfoProxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+*/
+
+/*global Windows:true */
+
+var cordova = require('cordova');
+var Connection = require('./Connection');
+
+module.exports = {
+
+    getConnectionInfo:function(win,fail,args)
+    {
+        console.log("NetworkStatusProxy::getConnectionInfo");
+        var winNetConn = Windows.Networking.Connectivity;
+        var networkInfo = winNetConn.NetworkInformation;
+        var networkCostInfo = winNetConn.NetworkCostType;
+        var networkConnectivityInfo = winNetConn.NetworkConnectivityLevel;
+        var networkAuthenticationInfo = winNetConn.NetworkAuthenticationType;
+        var networkEncryptionInfo = winNetConn.NetworkEncryptionType;
+
+        var connectionType;
+
+        var profile = Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkInformation.getInternetConnectionProfile();
+        if(profile) {
+            var conLevel = profile.getNetworkConnectivityLevel();
+            var interfaceType = profile.networkAdapter.ianaInterfaceType;
+
+            if (conLevel == Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkConnectivityLevel.none) {
+                connectionType = Connection.NONE;
+            }
+            else {
+                switch (interfaceType) {
+                    case 71:
+                        connectionType = Connection.WIFI;
+                        break;
+                    case 6:
+                        connectionType = Connection.ETHERNET;
+                        break;
+                    case 243: // (3GPP WWAN) // Fallthrough is intentional
+                    case 244: // (3GPP2 WWAN)
+                         connectionType = Connection.CELL_3G;
+                         break;
+                    default:
+                        connectionType = Connection.UNKNOWN;
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // FYI
+        //Connection.UNKNOWN  'Unknown connection';
+        //Connection.ETHERNET 'Ethernet connection';
+        //Connection.WIFI     'WiFi connection';
+        //Connection.CELL_2G  'Cell 2G connection';
+        //Connection.CELL_3G  'Cell 3G connection';
+        //Connection.CELL_4G  'Cell 4G connection';
+        //Connection.NONE     'No network connection';
+
+        setTimeout(function () {
+            if (connectionType) {
+                win(connectionType);
+            } else {
+                win(Connection.NONE);
+            }
+        },0);
+    }
+
+};
+
+require("cordova/commandProxy").add("NetworkStatus",module.exports);
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