Leeds City Council is rolling out free Wi-Fi in parts of the city to help residents on low incomes or with poor connectivity to get online.
The new contract, with Leeds-based company aql, follows the council’s move to install free Wi-Fi in more than 100 council buildings under the Super Connected Cities programme.
Cllr Lucinda Yeadon, Leeds City Council’s executive member for digital and creative technologies, culture and skills, said: ‘This new contract will hopefully go some way to helping bridge the ‘digital divide’ by potentially focussing on some of the areas of deprivation and current poor connectivity.’
The service will be provided at no cost to the council and will see aql’s Wi-Fi devices mounted on street lighting columns.