3. Smart Indicators 3.4 Smart Mobility Public Internet Access
Regarding the number of Wi‐Fi hotspots each city has, of the 13 cities (1 in Africa, 2 in Latin America, 1 in Asia and 9 in Europe) that provided this information, 54% of them have installed between 0 and 25 Wi‐Fi hotspots. In 15%, the number of hotspots rises to between 26 and 50. Notably, 15% of cities offer more than 500 Wi‐Fi hotspots. When analysing this information by region, we find that, in the case of Africa, 100% of the cities that provided information have between 26 and 50 available Wi‐Fi hotspots.
In the case of Latin America, the figures vary considerably and while 50% of cities have between 0 and 25 Wi‐Fi hotspots, the remaining 50% have more than 500 hotspots. In the case of Europe, most of the cities (56%) have from 0 to 25 Wireless hotspots. Notably, 11% of cities offer more than 500 Wi‐Fi hotspots. In the case of the Asian city of Taipei, it has made available 4 Wi‐Fi hotspots for its population.
Number of Wi‐Fi hotspots available in cities
Number of Wi‐Fi hotspots available in cities by region
100%
100%
11%
90% 11%
90% 80%
50%
80% 70% % of cities
11%
60%
60% 50%
11%
70%
50%
54%
40%
40%
30%
30%
20%
100%
100%
56%
50%
20%
15%
15%
10%
8%
10%
8%
0%
0 ‐ 25
26 ‐ 50
51 ‐ 100
100 ‐ 500
< 500
0%
Africa 0 ‐ 25
Latin America 26 ‐ 50
Asia 51 ‐ 100
Europe 100 ‐ 500
< 500
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