Sunday, January 8, 2012

London to Get Free Municipal Wi-Fi Network

By: Ian Mansfield |

?The UK's capital city, London is set to get Europe's largest contiguous free Wi-Fi coverage zone following an agreement between local authorities and Telefonica O2.

Free Wi-Fi access will be available throughout Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea once the Metro wireless network is installed on the street furniture. It will initially be rolled out in a limited number of areas and then throughout the boroughs over the longer term.

O2 will begin installing the network in January 2012

O2 Wi-Fi launched in January 2011 with the ambition to roll out free, fast and open Wi-Fi, via strategic partnerships, across the UK.

Cllr Philippa Roe, Cabinet Member for Strategic Finance at Westminster City Council said:

Derek McManus, Chief Operating Officer for O2 said, "This groundbreaking deal - the first of its kind in the UK - will see us deliver high quality connectivity across London in time for London 2012. Our longer-term aim is to expand our footprint of O2 Wi-Fi, which is open to everyone, and also intelligently enhance our services at street level, where people need the network the most.

"Our ?500m annual network investment programme is focussed on integrating new layers of technology into the existing network to enable a seamless and sustained customer experience. We are driven entirely by our customers' needs and believe that services should be delivered in the best possible way, across multiple networks and supported by different technologies."

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