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WiFi4EU, Source: European Commission

WiFi4EU grant portal will reopen tomorrow

WiFi4EU grant portal will reopen tomorrow

It allows local governments from across the EU to apply for €15,000

The European Commission has announced the date and time for the reopening of WiFi4EU grant application portal: November 7 at 13:00 CET. The reopening of the portal will allow local governments from across the EU to apply for 15,000 grants towards building free Wi-Fi networks.

The reopening of the portal, which crashed in May following a traffic-jam of thousands of attempted applications, means that thousands of municipalities will once again be applying for WiFi4EU grants. More than 19,000 municipalities have pre-registered to become eligible for the grants.

The total value of the WiFi4EU grants to be awarded in the course of the next 2-3 years will be 120M. In the end the grant program will result in 6-8,000 free WiFi4EU networks becoming operational across the EU. The total amount of funds invested into free Wi-Fi across the EU in the coming 3 years may exceed 300M given that EC funds will only cover equipment and installation.

Source: European Commission

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