The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) said it has recorded a monthly average growth of 21 965 users connecting to 338 sites throughout the EMM.
“There’s now a total of 748 596 Wi-Fi users from townships, suburbs, farms and informal settlements who are using free Wi-Fi to access a world of opportunities that is just a click away,” said EMM spokesperson Themba Gadebe.
“About R2-billion has been invested towards the Digital City Programme, which has a number of projects, including connectivity infrastructure, roll-out of fibre, computing and applications.”
Gadebe said there are over 1 507 hotspots, including 43 libraries and 317 municipal offices that have been activated with free Wi-Fi.
Residents visiting municipal buildings such as Customer Care Areas, clinics, libraries and EMPD offices can receive the daily 250 megabytes of free Wi-Fi per registered device, within a 200m radius of hotspots.
The roll-out of free Wi-Fi will be completed in 2017.
“The EMM will soon launch a portal to provide users with important information about the metro, including jobs and educational opportunities,” said Gadebe.
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