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The Meco City Council counts on new free WiFi city network that will be managed by GOWEX

The free hotspots are located in Plaza de la Constitución, Plaza Nueva Castilla, Parque del Lavadero, Parque del Verdoso and in the City Sports Centre.Users acceding to the wireless connection service for the first time will just have to be close the hotspot and detect the network FREEWIFIGOWEX with your wireless mobile device.They may navigate freely with the same username and password in Meco as at  in the over 80 free WiFi GOWEX networks available worldwide…

Madrid, April the 1st 2014-.  The City Council of Meco, one of the main municipalities in the Northeast of Province of Madrid- very close to Alcala de Henares and just 39 kilometers away from the capital- counts on a new municipal WiFi service provided by GOWEX (GOW-MAB, NYSE Alternext ALGOW, LGWXY-OTC Market), a leading company in creating Wireless Smart Cities®.

Locals and visitors can already enjoy a free and 24/7 available wireless Internet access in some of the major town's public spaces: Constitution Square, Plaza de Nueva Castilla, at the Lavadero and Verdoso parks, and the Sports City Centre.

"A free and opened access to Internet in strategic areas of our city is one of the latest initiatives we have implemented to turn Meco into a modern and attractive town for the locals. A city to be more and more proud of." (xxxxxx provisional statements of Pedro Luis Sanz Carlavilla, Mayor of Meco).

"We are very pleased for Meco, which has been used by big companies as Inditex as a logistics hub. From now on the town has entrusted GOWEX for handling and running its municipal wireless service that will undoubtedly bring prosperity, progress and welfare to all its inhabitants. It will also help positioning Madrid as one of the cities (and regions) with the widest free WiFi coverage in the world together with New York "says Jenaro García, CEO of GOWEX.

How to connect to the network

Users accessing to the wireless connection service for the first time will just have to be close to the hotspot and detect the network .FREEWIFIGOWEX with their mobile devices (smartphone, Tablet, Laptop, etc.). The connection speed is 512 kbps for the free service and, additionally, users can buy a Premium rate which allows to surf with a higher speed (up to 3 Mb).

Once they are connected to the Internet with the common browser, the system will redirected them to a page with geo-localised contents, where they will need to register. After they have created a profile with a username, they will receive a password via email and SMS to freely browse in Meco WiFi network, in over 80 free WiFi GOWEX networks located in Spain (Madrid, Burgos, Sevilla, Málaga, Orense, Bilbao, etc) and all around the world (New York, San Francisco, Dublin, Paris, etc.).

The Helpdesk Service (CAU) is available for users to solve any queries related to the service. For any request users might call our free phone number 001-888-886-1050 or via email to cau@gowex.com.

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