From July 3rd coverage provided in the center, the Lido and in public parks and the center of Mestre

VENICE – The second official July 3 with online games and activities along the Canal Grande, the offer of free wi-fi connection to the Internet to the citizens of Venice. The project was announced today by the deputy mayor, Michele Vianello, and represents the beginning of a series of further steps for the development of ‘digital citizenship and to make Venice an engine for development of innovation based on collaboration in the Network Residents can access the wireless network using the user name and password obtained by registering on the site www.cittadinanzadigitale.it.

Coverage will be provided initially throughout the Downtown, the Lido, and in public parks in the center of Mestre. By the autumn, aims to connect the islands of Murano and Burano and the Science Technology Park in Marghera. From September, access will be provided to tourists at the expense of a symbolic figure.Connectivity is provided by the broadband network of communal property (more than ten thousand kilometers of optical fiber laid by the mid-nineties) managed by Venis Spa, the company owned, with an investment of 10 million.

On July 3 was provocatively “dedicated” to the French Constitutional Court, which rejected the law that aimed to restrict access to the Internet “referring simply – has noted Vianello – the principles of equality of the French Revolution.” Two vaporetti will be a meeting between bloggers and experts of the Network of Youth Superiors (nicknamed “BateoCamp), a treasure hunt and an interactive meeting at the Park of San Giuliano among young people of Venice and Mestre. Looking ahead, the administration aims to expand the digital interactive services, both for residents (petitions, reports, certificates and branches) and for tour operators and cultural institutions in order to open the consultation the immense artistic heritage public and private sectors. -Source: corrieredelveneto.corriere.it