The City of Ekurhuleni has recorded a monthly average growth of 21 965 in the number of users connecting at 338 sites throughout the metro since the launch last year.
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.
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.
The roll-out will ensure that the wireless grid is expanded to previously disadvantaged areas and the connection is stable, maintained and monitored on a daily basis.
So far, 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 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department offices enjoy the daily 250 megabytes of free Wi-Fi per registered device, within a 200 metre radius of hotspots.
The roll-out of free Wi-Fi will be completed in 2017.
The City of Ekurhuleni will soon launch a portal to provide users with important information about the metro including jobs and educational opportunities.
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