To benefit residents and visitors, public investment under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) provides for a comprehensive set of connectivity solutions and tools that, made available by MEO Empresas, will bring quality of life and simplify citizens' daily lives:
- Wi-Fi coverage at 30 strategic points in the city, with a landing page designed with a focus on boosting local commerce.
- 5G network coverage in Baixa Comercial
- Digital platforms hosted in MEO's Data Center: o Marketplace with website and mobile application o Support platform for the Neighborhood Manager
- 7 Digital Mupis - interactive information centers distributed throughout the district, where local businesses and tourist routes will be promoted
- 6 Smart Benches, equipped with photovoltaic panels and energy self-sufficient, where users can charge their cell phones with a USB cable or even wirelessly
- 10 Augmented Reality experiences and personalized activities that will guide citizens through the most emblematic points of interest, tourist sites or local History Shops
- Smart tourism solution - Through the provision of GeoAnalytics, which makes it possible to profile visitors and map their movements around the neighborhood.
- This was the proposal submitted by MEO Empresas in a public tender, under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) approved by the European Union as a community response to the economic contraction and other negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the project submitted by Portugal to Brussels, the Digital Shopping Neighbourhoods are a "catalyst for economic growth" that seeks to frame and strengthen "the vector of proximity and territorial cohesion", while promoting the "digitalization of economic operators and their business models, online commerce and the digital integration of supply and outlet chains". The 'Bairro Comercial Digital de Setúbal' initiative will be publicly presented this Monday, January 13, at 9pm, at the Luísa Todi Municipal Forum, to the region's traders.
The opening session will be led by the Mayor, André Martins, and MEO Empresas' Corporate Client Director, Jorge Patrício. After the initial presentation, traders and the public will be able to ask questions about the project, either by attending the round table, where the Traders will be represented, or in the agenda space which will be open to questions from the public. It should be remembered that this event comes after the outlines of the project were presented to the Secretary of State for the Economy, João Rui Ferreira, in December. During a visit to the city, the minister stressed that, of the 95 digital neighborhoods being created in Portugal, the "Bairro Setúbal Digital" represents "the second largest investment".