Project Isizwe‚ the company that rolled out the City of Tshwane’s free Wi-Fi‚ has broken the half-a-million mark for unique users in the capital city.
The project tweeted that it had achieved a “huge milestone” by attaining 504300 unique users at an average session per user of 26.7 seconds.
The City of Tshwane‚ which has identified free access to the internet as an essential service‚ much like water or electricity‚ welcomed the news.
“The universal nature of technology will make it one of the key factors in breaking through state boundaries‚ for technology does not recognise national frontiers in its multifarious impacts upon life and society‚” said mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa.
Every day over 40000 users connect to the service‚ which includes Wi-Fi TV‚ a hyper localised video-on-demand service launched at the end of last year. The service has already had 5 million video views‚ showing a growing demand for instant access to information.
The city plans to launch two new services in the upcoming months‚ Wi-Fi drive and Wi-Fi voice.
Currently Tshwane has in excess of 520 Wi-Fi hotspots‚ each with a capacity of 5000 users. The latest smartphones can connect to these spots from a distance of 200m. Free Wi-Fi has been extended to seven sites within Bronkhorstspruit‚ the area most recently connected. The city said that by June the city will have at least one Wi-Fi site in every ward of the city.
“The city’s vision is to enable opportunity through acess to information via the internet to all citizens for learning‚ economic development and social cohesion‚ thus bridging the digital divide through the service‚” said city spokesperson Lebogang Matji.
“The free Wi-Fi programme has become a significant enabler the bridges economic and social divides‚ which connects citizens to knowledge‚ education‚ opportunities for personal development‚ health care services and social networks‚” said Ramokgopa.
“Wi-Fi access has a significant impact on economic growth and the reduction of poverty‚ which is at the core of the NDP.”
Students from University of Pretoria‚ Unisa and TUT have tweeted pictures of themselves using the free Wi-Fi for research.
40000 connect to the Tshwane's free Wi-Fi daily
Project Isizwe‚ the company that rolled out the City of Tshwane’s free Wi-Fi‚ has broken the half-a-million mark for unique users in the capital city.
The project tweeted that it had achieved a “huge milestone” by attaining 504300 unique users at an average session per user of 26.7 seconds.
The City of Tshwane‚ which has identified free access to the internet as an essential service‚ much like water or electricity‚ welcomed the news.
“The universal nature of technology will make it one of the key factors in breaking through state boundaries‚ for technology does not recognise national frontiers in its multifarious impacts upon life and society‚” said mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa.
Every day over 40000 users connect to the service‚ which includes Wi-Fi TV‚ a hyper localised video-on-demand service launched at the end of last year. The service has already had 5 million video views‚ showing a growing demand for instant access to information.
The city plans to launch two new services in the upcoming months‚ Wi-Fi drive and Wi-Fi voice.
Currently Tshwane has in excess of 520 Wi-Fi hotspots‚ each with a capacity of 5000 users. The latest smartphones can connect to these spots from a distance of 200m. Free Wi-Fi has been extended to seven sites within Bronkhorstspruit‚ the area most recently connected. The city said that by June the city will have at least one Wi-Fi site in every ward of the city.
“The city’s vision is to enable opportunity through acess to information via the internet to all citizens for learning‚ economic development and social cohesion‚ thus bridging the digital divide through the service‚” said city spokesperson Lebogang Matji.
“The free Wi-Fi programme has become a significant enabler the bridges economic and social divides‚ which connects citizens to knowledge‚ education‚ opportunities for personal development‚ health care services and social networks‚” said Ramokgopa.
“Wi-Fi access has a significant impact on economic growth and the reduction of poverty‚ which is at the core of the NDP.”
Students from University of Pretoria‚ Unisa and TUT have tweeted pictures of themselves using the free Wi-Fi for research.
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