Free Wi-Fi hot spots in Colombo

Free Wifi terminal Colombo's Galle Face, a popular public space in the city.

Free Wifi terminal Colombo's Galle Face, a popular public space in the city.

Sri Lanka has built 100 free Wi-Fi zones in the capital Colombo, according to a press statement by the PMO’s Policy Development Office.

“This machine will provide the public an in-build Wi-Fi as they are frequently engaged browsing internet in today’s growing technological world,” the statement added.

“This will make our city tech friendly and makes our public a technologically advanced citizen. In addition, it includes facility for the public to charge their mobile phones while they are on the street and a Trash Can which accommodate 75 cubic liters of waste at a time.”

Twenty locations in Colombo have already been mapped out, the remaining 80 locations were in the process of selection.

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. Matara, Galle, Kandy will have these Wi-Fi hot spots in the second phase.