Totana City Council request the Telecommunications Market Commission the necessary authority to hire the establishment of zones free wireless Internet access and free in certain public places and schools in the municipality.
Through this initiative, agreed at the Board of Governors, will apply for the establishment of zones free Internet access in the Plaza Balsa Vieja, in the Municipal Park "Marcos Ortiz" and institutes "Juan de la Cierva" and "Prado Mayor."
The Councillor for New Technologies, Juan Carrion, said that Internet access is now configured as a basic necessity in view of its usefulness as a means of communication, information and entertainment.
Similarly, he said that publicly owned spaces for the meeting and leisure places, parks and gardens, and schools lack the facilities to provide these services, which highlighted the need to respond to these needs and foster the conditions for access to new technologies where possible to minimize the "digital divide"
He reported the intention of the Department of New Technologies to contract with an outside company credited the establishment of wi-fi areas from which to encourage and allow free citizens have limited access, in terms of time and content Internet access in public spaces frequented as well as secondary schools in the locality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana