Associação Porto Digital

About Associação Porto Digital

Porto Digital is a private association founded in 2004 by the Municipality of Porto, University of Porto, and the Portuguese Business Association (AEP), in cooperation with Metro do Porto, to promote ICT projects within the context of the city of Porto and Porto's metropolitan area. Among its goals are increasing quality in education, particularly through increased use of ICT at all levels of education; reducing bureaucracy and increasing the efficiency of municipal services; contributing to reducing the digital divide; and contributing to a better quality of life in the urban area for inhabitants, workers, and tourists. Porto Digital implemented a fiber-optics backbone and a public access wireless mesh network in 2006-2008. In February 2009, Porto Digital, through a PPP, created an open-access telecommunications operator in which it holds a majority stake, which will deploy FTTH to the city of Porto up to December 2013.