TEPAK goes Wi-Fi

LIMASSOL’S technology university, TEPAK, yesterday went wireless.
The Wi-Fi connection was inaugurated by Limassol mayor Andreas Christou, the president of TEPAK’s administrative committee Elipida Keravnou and the Vice President of the Electricity Authority (EAC) Loizos Papacharalambous.
Keravnou said the wireless network was part of the University’s policy to create an electronic university which offered its community a uniform, electronic work environment.
She said by going electronic the use of printed materials would be restricted; all administrative procedures would be electronically processed; the University’s academic community would be able to communicate and co-operate both internally and with external associates; all users, particularly students, would have remote access to tools and applications; and e-learning would gradually be increased and integrated into the traditional educational model.
On behalf of the EAC Papacharalambous said the network had 40 points of access and covered areas of historic importance in Limassol including Heroes Square, Anexartisisas Street and part of the beach front.
The wireless access would initially service 2,000 TEPAK students and this number was expected to increase to 4,000, while around 500 people from the university’s administrative and academic personnel would also have access, he said.
Papacharalambous said all Cytanet users would also have free access through the Cytanet Wireless Zone service by using their own access codes while other users would be able to use the service by using access codes acquired through pre-paid cards, credit cards or by sending an SMS message.
The EAC vice president said other people who could take advantage of the WiFi service were Limassol municipality workers and traffic wardens who moved around or were not at the office and could communicate with the municipality’s central offices without charge through the internet.

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