Gwangju City Adds Free Public Wi-Fi at Libraries and Sports Facilities

Official Service Starting from February 1

Gwangju Metropolitan City is significantly expanding free public Wi-Fi in public facilities with high foot traffic.

Gwangju City (Mayor Kang Gi-jung) announced on the 26th that it has added free public Wi-Fi to 135 locations including libraries, youth training centers, performance halls, art museums, and sports facilities, and has begun pilot operations.

The free public Wi-Fi installation project was promoted last year by Gwangju City in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency to support citizens in using free Wi-Fi in public places. The newly installed public Wi-Fi will be officially available starting February 1.

Since 2018, Gwangju City has steadily secured national funding to install public Wi-Fi in public places throughout the region, including city buses, bus stops, transportation facilities, parks, government offices, and tourist sites, aiming to reduce citizens' communication costs and improve information accessibility.

With this recent addition, the total number of free public Wi-Fi facilities has reached 3,078 locations.

Additionally, in April last year, Gwangju City upgraded the public Wi-Fi on all city buses operating in Gwangju from LTE to 5G. This improvement increased the Wi-Fi speed inside buses to 300?400 Mbps, more than four times faster than before, allowing passengers to use various internet services even while on the move.

To use the public Wi-Fi, connect to the wireless network named ‘Public Wifi Free’ on your smartphone’s Wi-Fi settings, or for buses, connect to ‘PublicWifi@Bus_Free_0000’ and then press the use button.

Jang Hyun-jung, head of the accounting department, said, “We will continue to create an environment where citizens can more easily access the internet by expanding spaces where public Wi-Fi is available.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.