Official:For the purpose of creating a citywide wireless broadband Internet access system, to bridge the digital divide, to increase the efficiency and reduce costs of government, and to promote economic development and tourism, authorizing the Managing Director, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Management and Service agreement with Wireless Philadelphia, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation, pursuant to which Wireless Philadelphia will provide management services relating to a citywide wireless broadband Internet access system and will develop and implement programs to bridg
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: March 2, 2006
Signed: May 11, 2006
: Joint Committees on Technology & Information Services and Public Property & Public Works
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill authorizes a partnership between the city and Wireless Philadelphia to create a citywide wireless broadband Internet access system, aiming to bridge the digital divide, increase government efficiency, and promote economic development.
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