Manila Bulletin

Surigao will be Wi-Fi city

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DAVAO CITY – Surigao City will soon be the first “Wi-Fi City” in the country as a United Statesbase­d informatio­n technology company is set to pilot test in the city its “Digital City” project which comes with a security system and smart monitoring of electricit­y in Mindanao. Macrotech Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President Laura Blanco said by 2017, they will make the Surigao City as the exhibit area for this project. The smart electricit­y monitoring feature will allow consumers to monitor their energy consumptio­n and track the best time of the day to do some of the household chores for them to get lower electricit­y cost. (Antonio L. Colina IV)

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