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LOCALS and tourists alike can now avail of free Wi-Fi in the town centre thanks to Bitbuzz Freedom.
The service is now available on Denny Street, The Mall and The Square. It is an expansion of the Bitbuzz service and offers the same quality of service the Wi-Fi company currently provides in hotels and coffee shops.
Bitbuzz, Ireland’s largest outdoor Wi-Fi operator, has been busy rolling-out its complimentary Wi-Fi service to other parts of the country but Tralee is the second town in Kerry to take up the Bitbuzz Freedom service, ahead of the annual Rose of Tralee festival in August when Wi-Fi usage is expected to increase by 1,000%.
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Designed for smartphone users, Bitbuzz Freedom will provide multiple complimentary 20 minute Wi-Fi sessions to shoppers, passers-by and tourists, allowing any smartphone user that logs on with Bitbuzz to use practical shopping apps, maps, check websites and browse social networking sites at no cost.
Bitbuzz will be using multi-band wireless point-to-point backhaul technology to provide a much better performance than traditional “mesh” solutions. This will enable users to move around and continue surfing the internet as they walk down the street.
The complimentary Wi-Fi service is already proving very popular with smartphone users in the town since going live on July 9.
“It is great to be able to offer a free Wi-Fi service to both the town’s local population and the many visitors to the town,” said CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance, Kieran Ruttledge.
“Tralee would like to develop its image as a modern technological town and free Wi-Fi is a way of showing this. Hopefully it will encourage more business into the town centre and encourage people to stay longer and take advantage of the wonderful facilities we have. We would like to thank Bitbuzz for the installation of free Wi-Fi in Tralee as well as the local businesses who made it possible through the location of antennas. The former Tralee Town Council played a key role in bringing this to fruition and deserve a particular word of thanks,” he said.