Jeonnam Province Sees Significant Communication Cost Savings from Expanded Public Wi-Fi

4,892 Wi-Fi Connections Installed and Operated as of Last Year
Number of Connections Increased by 63% Compared to Previous Year
Monthly Data Costs Saved for One Million People

Public Wi-Fi installed by Jeonnam Province. Provided by Jeonnam Province.

Jeollanam-do announced that by expanding its public Wi-Fi service to reduce communication costs for local residents and visitors and to increase convenience in data usage, it achieved a reduction of 29.5 billion KRW in communication expenses last year.

The public Wi-Fi service is a welfare policy of Jeollanam-do that installs Wi-Fi in tourist attractions and public places, allowing free data usage.

Jeollanam-do has been continuously expanding the public Wi-Fi project since 2017.

By 2024, a total of 4,892 Wi-Fi connections have been installed and operated in public places, greatly contributing not only to the daily lives of residents but also to the convenience of tourists.

In fact, an analysis of the performance of public Wi-Fi operations in 2024 showed that the annual number of connections reached 660 million, a 63% increase compared to the previous year (405 million).

In addition, the annual mobile data usage through public Wi-Fi was calculated at 6.33 million gigabytes. When converted to usage fees, this amounts to 31.3 billion KRW. Excluding the annual usage fee of 1.8 billion KRW paid by the province and cities/counties, communication expenses were reduced by 29.5 billion KRW.

Considering that the average monthly data usage per person in 2024, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT's wireless traffic statistics, is about 6.5GB, this is enough for one million residents to use for a month.

Hwang Byeongeun, Jeollanam-do's Smart Information Officer, said, "We were once again able to confirm the positive impact that the public Wi-Fi service has on increasing the convenience of residents."

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