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Ninety rural towns in Piura and Tumbes will have free and fast internet access with the implementation of the so-called WiFi Squares by the Ministry of Transport and Communications MTC. The sector through its National Telecommunications Program Pronatel signed a contract with the company Viettel Peru to guarantee the provision of the service that will benefit some 80 thousand people. It is planned to install the WiFi Squares or Public Spaces of Digital Access EPAD next April. In addition it will have digital storage where students will find educational material without having to access the Internet. In the Piura region these digital public spaces will be implemented in 60 locations located in the provinces of Piura 23 Sullana 11 Morropn 7 Ayabaca 6 Paita 6 Huancabamba 4 Sechura 2 and Talara 1. In Tumbes there will be in 30 localities of the provinces of Contralmirante Villar 10 Tumbes 12 and Zarumilla 8. With this initiative the Ministry of Transport and Communications seeks to get more Peruvians especially from rural areas to access the Internet and in this way reduce the digital divide that still exists in the country. The Public Digital Access Spaces are wireless access points located in squares or strategic public spaces of each beneficiary locality which allow to provide the Internet access service freely and free of charge.
