*WiFi4EU: From tomorrow municipalities can start applying for EU financing of free wireless internet hotspots in public spaces * The first call for municipality applications for free Wi-Fi hotspots will open tomorrow, Tuesday 15 May, at 13:00 (CEST). Through this call some 1,183 municipalities will receive a WiFi4EU voucher of €15,000 to finance Wi-Fi equipment and its installation in public spaces. Upon receiving the voucher, municipalities will have to offer secure Wi-Fi services, free-of-charge and without adverts, for at least 3 years. Funding will only be provided for networks that do not duplicate already existing private or public free Wi-Fi services of a similar quality in the same public spaces. To be eligible to apply, municipalities need to be registered on the WiFi4EU.eu <http://WiFi4EU.eu> web portal. This portal was opened on the 20 March (see the press release <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-2065_en.htm>) and over 17,000 municipalities have already registered. The selection will be based on a 'first-come first-served' basis. To ensure a balanced geographical distribution among Members States, each country will obtain a minimum of 15 and maximum of 95 vouchers. This is the first of a total of five calls that will be published till 2020. More details are in the Questions and Answers <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/faq/wifi4eu-questions-and-answ...>, Factsheet <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/factsheet-wifi4eu>,and video <http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I152883>. (/For more information: Nathalie Vandystadt – Tel.: +32 229 67083; Inga Höglund Tel.: +32 229 55040/)