[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] Uiwang City announced on the 6th that it has begun expanded operations of public WiFi to village buses, which are used by an average of 26,000 residents daily, allowing any citizen in Uiwang City to use free wireless internet.
The city completed consultations with six transportation companies and finished installation of public WiFi facilities on all 58 village buses across 22 routes, launching the service from the 1st.
The city has built public WiFi at 179 locations in four phases since 2014, and plans to additionally construct 119 locations by the end of June this year, for a total of 298 operating locations.
As public WiFi expands, it is expected to greatly help bridge the digital information access gap for citizens using welfare facilities, residential convenience facilities, bus stops, and village buses, as well as to reduce household telecommunications expenses.
Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "We will continue to expand public WiFi zones in locations frequently used by citizens so that universal communication services accessible to everyone can be realized."
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