Carrying Smart City, The City Government Of Bima Pasang WiFi Free At 212 Points

MATRAM - The Government (Pemkot) of Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara has installed a free WiFi internet network in 212 community unit locations (RW) in order to provide excellent service to the community and as a form of commitment to creating a smart city.

"In 2023, in every corner there must be wifi enjoyed by the public for free, there are 212 wifi points installed at a cost of approximately Rp. 1.3 billion per year," said Bima Mayor H Muhammad Lutfi, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 7.

Wifi is a technology that utilizes electronic equipment to exchange data wirelessly (using radio waves) through a computer network, including a high-speed internet connection.

The city of Bima, said Lutfi, is declared a trade transit city which is contained in the idea of vision and mission, namely services for the community must be fast and go straight to the lower level.

"So far, services have been hampered, for that I immediately moved quickly to create services quickly, there are no more agencies that can be sluggish, everyone must be fast, if it is slow, we will be far behind," he said.

He added that the functions of mobile phones (HP) distributed to each neighborhood unit (RT) were numerous, especially to provide information about everything, such as reports of deaths, road conditions and others.

Lutfi also hopes that all RT heads will not allow slum environments by inviting people to work together. Because, it is impossible for the government to work alone but must run in conjunction with the community.

"We have repaired the thousands of houses, we have relocated thousands of houses, and this city must be clean, it must be safe," he said.

Head of the Bima City Communication, Information and Statistics Agency H Mahfud said a good telecommunications network had become a must. This is because Bima City, which is a smart city, is visited by many other areas.

Indonesia in the future, he continued, will run a technology-based government, so that all local governments are also required to be able to take advantage of the growing internet technology.

"So like it or not, like it or not, you have to install all internet networks at 212 RW points throughout Bima City in the 2023 fiscal year," he said.