Heraklion municipality receives gold award for its Wi-Fi network at Best City Awards 2016
25 May, 2017
Heraklion municipality received a gold award for its Wi-Fi network at the Best City Awards 2016 .Heraklion municipality was awarded with a gold award in the ICT AND GOVERNANCE CATEGORY which is part of the Liveable City section on Monday 24/10/2016 for the city’s Wi-Fi network.
The municipality’s Wi-Fi network is the biggest in the country and it consists of 130 access points, which are located at the city center , in parks ,neighborhoods ,villages and in municipal buildings.
The municipality and its information technology services have managed since autumn of 2014 to multiply sixfold the data traffic through the Wi-Fi network and effectively offered the citizens the benefits of broadband services.