Birmingham City Councilhas launched
its birminghamfizWi-Fiinformation service in
partnership with BT.
Designed by public/private partnership Digital Birmingham, the
service will enable people with laptops, mobile phones, hand-held
computers and wireless gaming devices to access information and
services from the city council free of charge through
BT's OpenZone network within the city centre.
Birminghamfiz will give access to Birmingham-specific
information, relating to topics such as leisure, transport, news
and weather.
"We are very excited about the potential for birminghamfiz,"
said Chris Price, director of Digital Birmingham. "It is very much
a 'work in progress' and what is available now is only the tip of
the iceberg. We are actively developing phase two which will
include music and video clips, plus commercial aspects such as
booking tickets online," he said.