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Bulgaria is first in EU programme for public wireless Internet

36 Bulgarian municipalities, which have not yet participated at the initiative for public wireless Internet, can now apply in a new competition as of March 17. They must register in theWiFi4EU web portal. The European Commission will distribute 947 vouchers across European municipalities to the tune of EUR 14.2 million based on a first come, first served basis. 86% of the Bulgarian municipalities already received their vouchers from the three competitions that were held until now. Bulgaria has attracted over EUR 3.4 million for high-speed wireless links in public areas. This country ranks first in the EU in terms of the number of municipalities covered by the WiFi4EU initiative. 




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