Manchester plans free city wifi…

December 4th, 2006

Not a topic we usually cover here on the E-Gain blog, but one worth mentioning with us being a search engine marketing (SEO/PPC) company based in Manchester, UK.

Manchester city council has announced plans to become the biggest free wireless internet hotspot in Europe. Inspired by projects in San Francisco and Amsterdam, the network would cover 90% of Greater Manchester and reach up to 2.2 million people. It is believed that this could be the catalyst behind Manchester becoming a UK leader within the technology marketplace. With us being based here in the North west this is certainly very encouraging news particularly with the SEO industry as it currenly is.

An open day inviting comments on the plans is being held on 15 December to investigate the interest in such a scheme and interested businesses or individuals can contribute to the debate at the Town Hall event either openly or in confidence.

The initiative is part of Manchester’s bid in the government’s Digital Challenge Initiative, a competition that will select a region to qualify for up to £3m in funding.

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