Cardiff city centre, alongside a number of public buildings, schools and buses in the area, will be the recipient of free high-speed Wi-Fi by 2015, reports bbc.co.uk.
The UK government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport has handed Cardiff council £10 million as part of the government’s Super Connected Scheme and, when the Wi-Fi is installed, it will allow people to connect to the internet at a speed of 100Mbit/sec.
Furthermore, areas of the city which experience high footfall will also have 4G wireless access.
It is hoped that, following the city’s Wi-Fi installation, the council will look to address the lack of a data centre for storage capacity and deliver better connections to some business parks in the area.
Councillor Russell Goodway, the council’s cabinet member for finance, business and local economy, commented on the upcoming scheme: “It’s little known but Cardiff is already one of the most digitally-connected cities in Britain with a higher percentage of our households able to access super-fast broadband than any of the other major UK cities.
“There are however gaps which need to be filled.”
Cardiff is not the only area that is pencilled in to receive Wi-Fi in the coming months. Thedrum.com reports that Celtic Football Club is planning to install Wi-Fi in its Celtic Park stadium for the coming season.
