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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Economy
Subgroup ICT
Sub-Dimension ICT Infrastructure
KPI Name Availability of WIFI in Public Areas
KPI No. EC: ICT: ICT: 5A Type: Advanced Type: Smart

Definition / Number of public WIFI hotspots in the city
Description

Rationale / Several mega-cities have set-up WIFI hotspots at public venues, thereby providing
Interpretation / traveling users and as well as their citizens with increased access to internet at little
Benchmarking or no cost.
Such actions empower citizens and promotes the use of e-services without the
burden of network costs.
Cities should report only those WIFI spots operated by the city (or on behalf of the
city) that are free of charge.

Source(s) Recommendation ITU-T L.1601/Y.4901: Key performance indicators related to the
use of information and communication technology in smart sustainable cities.
Retrieved from <https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-L.1601-201606-I>United Nations
E-Government Survey 2012. Retrieved from
<https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/Portals/egovkb/Documents/un/2012-
Survey/unpan048065.pdf>
Connecting the Unconnected: Working together to achieve the Connect 2020
Agenda targets. Retrieved from
<http://broadbandcommission.org/Documents/ITU_discussion-
paper_Davos2017.pdf>
Methodology Calculate as:
Total number of WIFI hotspots provided by the city administration (excluding
commercial entities)
Unit Number
Data Sources / Information can be derived from:
Relevant (i) Information Wi-Fi hotspots from Telecommunications Regulatory Agency / ICT
Databases Ministry; Tourism agencies, Wi-Fi hotspots service providers, etc.
(ii) City administration or national entity of statistics and census.
Collection Method: This information can be gathered from:
1) WIFI Services Provider statistics
2) Databases

SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 9.C: Significantly increase access to information and communications
technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in
least developed countries by 2020.

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