new wireless Internet-access networks

Mijas Mayor Agustín Moreno last week officially launched the town’s new wireless Internet-access networks. A series of WiFi networks provides high-speed wireless access to the rural Osunillas, Valtocado and Entrerríos zones, while a WiMAX network links some 20 municipal offices throughout the town.
There are currently 70 pilot users of the rural-areas WiFi networks. The networks have a capacity for up to 60 users in each of the three zones. “This service represents a revolution for the rural areas of Mijas, and will be extended further, with increased capacity,” said the Town Hall in an official statement.
The 322,000-euro project for the newly launched wireless networks is part of the Town Hall’s ‘Mijas Digital’ programme for the promotion of new technologies. Other projects under the programme include the creation of a new Citizen Services Portal on the Town Hall’s Web site (www.mijas.es), which is already partially functioning. It currently allows users to access certain documents and make tax payments, and in the future will allow the online handling of a variety of Town Hall paperwork or transactions, say officials.
At the launch of the new wireless Internet networks last week, Mayor Moreno also announced that Mijas Pueblo’s Virgen de la Peña Plaza is now a WiFi ‘hotspot’, meaning anyone with a WiFi-equipped laptop can access the Internet free of charge from the plaza.