UK e-Minister will make every public library a Wi-Fi hotspot

Government minister Stephen Timms opened today’s Wi-Fi & 3G summit in London by listing the achievements of the “light touch regulatory policy” he’s been able to put in place since taking over at the Department – and confirmed that his plan to put an open Wi-Fi hotspot in every public library was “going ahead”.

“I’m very keen on the idea that every public library should be a Wi-Fi hotspot,” he said. “Already 90 per cent have broadband, and my department is now working up that idea.”

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