City Wi-Fi Network
In Moscow "Urban Wi-Fi" operates, that is the Wi-Fi hotspots that allow you to access the free wireless Internet and they are located on the streets of the city within the Garden Ring, in the crowded public areas within the Third Ring Road, in the city parks, libraries, culture centers, museums, the "MosKino" theatre chain and dormitories affiliated with universities and colleges.
The City Wi-Fi Network is a resting wireless framework for developing services and facilities as part of the "Smart City" Concept that provides a free access to the Internet to the residents and guests of Moscow.
The network has the following characteristics:
- the channel capacity of the network allows up to 55 thousand users to be granted simultaneous access to the Internet;
- the operation on two frequency ranges (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) gives precedence to the performance and reduces the risk of radio frequency interference;
- the Internet speed per user is no less than 1 Mb/s that makes it possible to use, quality-assured, city applications, mobile messaging applications, as well as to to share photos and video messages, to view video streaming of high quality;
- each Wi-Fi hotspot provides stable data transmission within a 50-meter radius;
- up to 50 devices can be simultaneously connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot;
- duration of a web session is unlimited.
20, 996
hotspots
12, 000, 000
Internet connections per month
Framework
Within the Garden Ring and locally within the Third Ring Road:
- 3, 765 hotspots
Metropolitan parks:
- 45 parks
- 937 hotspots
Dormitories affiliated with the universities and colleges:
- 166 buildings
- 12, 273 hotspots
Libraries:
- 364 facilities
- 2, 386 hotspots
Culture Centers:
- 233 facilities
- 1, 067 hotspots
Museums:
- 17 facilities
- 408 hotspots
Cinemas:
- 14 facilities
- 62 hotspots
Sporting venues and facilities:
- 1 facility
- 6 hotspots
Transport interchange hubs:
- 5 facilities
- 44 hotspots
Within the Garden Ring and locally within the Third Ring Road:
- 3, 765 hotspots
Metropolitan parks:
- 45 parks
- 937 hotspots
Dormitories affiliated with the universities and colleges:
- 166 buildings
- 12, 273 hotspots
Libraries:
- 364 facilities
- 2, 386 hotspots
Culture Centers:
- 233 facilities
- 1, 067 hotspots
Museums:
- 17 facilities
- 408 hotspots
Cinemas:
- 14 facilities
- 62 hotspots
Sporting venues and facilities:
- 1 facility
- 6 hotspots
Transport interchange hubs:
- 5 facilities
- 44 hotspots
Prospects for further development
The centralized technical support service will accompany the Wi-Fi functioning and communicate with the customers, if necessary, using the phone number 8−800−300−69−89.
The City Council has come to a decision to make the coverage of the city spaces and locations connected to the network completely seamless and to unite all the public networks of the urban Wi-Fi created by other operators on a single networked platform, or make available more than 16 thousand hotspots allowing you to access the free wireless Internet covering almost the entire city. After launching a single operator of the Urban Wi-Fi, the residents and guests of Moscow will be able to be connected to the Internet on the streets within the Garden Ring, locally within the Third Ring Road, in the parks, libraries, culture centers, museums, the "MosKino" theatre chain and dormitories affiliated with universities and colleges without any re-authorization.
*Based on the results of the tender, "MaksimaTelecom" JSC was awarded as single operator of the Urban Wi-Fi. This company shall provide the integration of the networks of the Urban Wi-Fi on a single digital networked platform, as well as they shall organize the functioning of the centralized technical support service.
Advantages of launching the single operator of the Urban Wi-Fi
Call Center with technical support phone number
8−800−300−69−89
8−800−300−69−89
Seamless web-to-launcher authentication
with any Wi-Fi hotspot in the city
with any Wi-Fi hotspot in the city
How to get connected
To get connected to the Urban Wi-Fi, you have to select a Moscow_WiFi_Free network from the list of available networks, to open the browser and to log in with an account on the official portal of the Moscow Mayor and Moscow Government mos.ru or with an SMS*.
The identification in the City Wi-Fi Network is to be made only every 3 months. To use the Internet later on, you have only to select the Moscow_WiFi_Free network, open the browser and press the ‘Connect' button.
The identification in the City Wi-Fi Network is to be made only every 3 months. To use the Internet later on, you have only to select the Moscow_WiFi_Free network, open the browser and press the ‘Connect' button.
*Why the user identification is required?
The users identification to access Wi-Fi in public places is a requirement of the Russian legislation. Before opening access to the Internet, the telecom operator is obliged to offer the user:
The users identification to access Wi-Fi in public places is a requirement of the Russian legislation. Before opening access to the Internet, the telecom operator is obliged to offer the user:
- enter his/her mobile phone number, to which a code will be sent to confirm the data entered;
- specify his/her last name, first name and patronymic, confirming them with an identity document, an account on the unified portal of public services (or the portal of the Moscow Mayor mos.ru) or in any other way that does not contradict the law.
What are the Reasons for Using
the City Wi-Fi Network
The geolocation of vehicles through the City Wi-Fi Network for the Department of Transport of the City of Moscow
Image transmission from 2,000 driving video recorders and dashcams of the law-enforcement officers to the
Data uploading as part of the Mobile Inspector Project through the service segment of the City Wi-Fi Network