Free WiFi target set at 70,000 sites in 2026

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is hoping to establish up to 70,000 free WiFi sites by next year.

- Ashley Erika O. Jose

“Maybe we can implement between 60,000 and 70,000 sites. We will try to do that. It is important to finish the National Fiber Backbone project, which was originally scheduled to be completed by 2028 but we want to finish it by 2026,” Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Rhoel R. Aguda told reporters last week.

Once the National Fiber Backbone project is completed, the DICT will have more capacity to establish free WiFi sites, Mr. Aguda said, adding that the goal for the end of the year is 30,000 free sites.