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Tallinn among the most intelligent cities in the world for the third time in 2009

Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 29.07.2009.Print version
The survey enterprise Intelligent Community Forum elected Tallinn for the third year in a row in the list of seven most intelligent cities from among 400 candidates across the world, writes the National Broadcasting/LETA.

Intelligence in terms of communities is measured on the basis of the city’s attitude towards information technology, which includes approach to broadband communications and to internet.

 

The Top 7 of the year 2009 are Bristol, Virginia in U.S., Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Fredericton and Moncton in Canada, Issy-les-Moulineaux in France, Stockholm and Tallinn.

 

Among the reasons listed for Tallinn’s success were public WiFi areas in nearly 700 locations in Tallinn, the use of ID cards and the fact that in Tallinn, new technologies are not only something young people are involved in but the elderly use the internet as well.

 

Ülemiste City, Tallinn’s technology park Tehnopol and the Cyber Defence Centre were also mentioned.






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