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WiFi4EU: Start recordings for European funding Wi-Fi hotspots in public places

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The WiFi4EU programSearch for available translations of this linkIN••• offers municipalities coupons of value 15.000 euros to install Wi-Fi points in public places, such as libraries, museums, public parks and squares. Such as said President Jean-Claude Juncker, the WiFi4EU initiative aims to connectevery European village and every European city with free wireless internet access in the main centers of public life up to 2020».

Municipalities can use WiFi4EU coupons to purchase and install Wi-Fi equipment (wireless access points) in the local public life centers they have chosen. The maintenance costs of the network will be covered by the municipality.

THE Vice President of the Commission and Commissioner of Digital Single Market Mr.. Andrus Men He said the following: “Opening the WiFi4EU gate today, We are taking a tangible step to help municipalities provide free Wi-Fi. Although this is a significant step forward, I also strongly urge the European Parliament and the Council to complete their work on the proposed Telecommunications Code., in order to ensure high-speed connectivity across the EU. This code includes pan-European coordination of radio spectrum and providing strong incentives for investment in the high-capacity networks that Europe needs.

OR Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mr. Maria Gabriel He said the following: "The WiFi4EU initiative will provide thousands of Europeans with free internet access in public spaces across the EU. Thanks to the WiFi4EU program, local communities will be empowered to bring connectivity closer to citizens, who will be able to take full advantage of the unlimited possibilities of digitization. This is a concrete step towards the implementation of the Digital Single Market."

They will be available 120 million. euro from the EU budget up to 2020 to finance public service equipment free Wi-Fi in up to 8 000 municipalities in all Member States, as well as in Norway and Iceland.

How to apply for a WiFi4EU voucher;

  • Registration stage: from the 20 Of March 2018 municipalities should register on the portal https://www.wifi4eu.eu/#/home (link is external).
  • Application stage: the first call will be published in mid-May 2018 and registered municipalities can apply for the first batch 1 000 of WiFi4EU vouchers (worth 15 000 euro each). Vouchers will be distributed in order of interest.
  • Allocation stage: ensuring geographical balance, the Commission will announce them 1 000 municipalities that will receive funding through the first call. Each participating country will receive at least 15 coupons.
  • Over the next two years, four more WiFi4EU calls will be published.

The networks funded by the WiFi4EU initiative will be free, ad-free and will not collect personal data. Funding will only be provided to networks that do not overlap with existing private or public free access provision of similar quality in the same public space.

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The WiFi4EU initiative, which was announced in September 2016 by the President Mr. Juncker in his State of the Union address, joins the ambitious reforming EU telecoms rules, which includes new measures to meet the growing connectivity needs of European citizens and strengthen Europe's competitiveness.

The EU managed to quickly achieve important agreements on the abolition of roaming chargesSearch for available translations of this linkIN••• to 15 June 2017 for all travelers in the EU, for the ability to transfer content which at its beginnings 2018 will allow Europeans to travel with the films, the music, the video games or e-books they subscribe to in their country, and for her release of the zone of 700 MHz in order to develop 5G technology and new online services.

Negotiations are underway for over 14 its legislative proposals strategy for the digital single market, one of the top priorities of the Juncker Commission. The Commission encourages the European Parliament and the Council to proceed without delay with the approval of all proposals already submitted.

source: https://ec.europa.eu/greece/news20182003_WiFi4EU_el

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