City of Connectivity

Smart Connectivity brings the community together through networks and information, to enable the flow of data in real time to share information and stories digitally.

Investment includes:

Smart poles in the CBD, Beresfield, and when local centre upgrades take place to provide free Wi-Fi, real-time environmental monitoring including air quality and pollution, and easy connection to power for events and street lighting.
Free public Wi-Fi in City of Newcastle buildings and facilities such as art galleries and libraries. Look for ‘City of Newcastle free Wi-Fi’ in your network settings. No password is required.
Cutting-edge technology like Augmented Reality to connect the current city landscape with historical indigenous sites and other cultural stories.
Virtual Reality of our Art Gallery so that rare and fragile artworks can be made available from everyone’s homes.
Establishment of an Internet of Things (IoT) Sensor Lab with local industrial designers and technologists to create an integrated product that provides sensor access to the City Centre.
A City App to make information available such as What’s On, walking trails, and information of facilities available in our parks and augmented reality experiences.
A Digital Library. where you can meet Pepper the dancing robot, see books come to life inside the Magic Box explore a five-metre digital Storywall and use the interactive tables to browse newspapers, magazines, games and storystomp collections.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.