The centre of Glasgow is now a Wi-Fi zone, the Scottish city's administrators said today.

The coverage comes courtesy of BT Openzone, which now has six hotspots in place in the city's centre, all within 50-100m of "key locations in the city's main shopping and business district", the telco claimed.

The WLAN is open to the public at the usual BT Openzone access rates, but like the Wi-Fi zone put in place in London's Soho district, the network will also shortly be used by council workers to file information that would formerly have required a trip back to base. The public WLAN will host a VPN securely connecting council-issued handheld devices to the organisation's LAN.

The Council said it is considering rolling out IP-based CCTV cameras, bus shelters and even traffic lights. It also pondering plans to offer wireless Internet access in libraries and art galleries, part of its Wireless Glasgow strategy. ®

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