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Kiosks deployment, utilization, and revenue generation
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Council Member Gale Brewer inquires about the status of kiosks, their deployment, and revenue generation. Matthew C. Fraser and Edwin Pemberton provide updates on the kiosk program and its financial impact.
- Kiosks continue to be deployed and maintained, with a focus on equity districts
- Utilization data shows ongoing demand for kiosk services, especially for people commuting into areas
- Kiosks provide millions of connections and free phone calls annually
- An additional 2,000 kiosks are planned for deployment, mostly in equity districts
- OTI's overall budget is $142.3 million, with $19.9 million coming from mobile franchise funding
Gale Brewer
1:05:56
Okay.
1:05:58
Kiosks.
1:05:59
What's the status I guess, though Manhattan doesn't like those tall ones at all.
1:06:07
So I was just wondering the status of the kiosks.
1:06:11
I have to give them credit because they do put on community board and nonprofit information, and it's very, very helpful.
1:06:17
We use it every single day for town hall meetings, etcetera.
1:06:22
So I just was wondering what's, you know, how much are you getting from it and what's the future?
Matthew C. Fraser
1:06:29
Yeah.
1:06:30
So we are continuing to deploy kiosks and maintain the existing ones that are out.
1:06:36
As it stands today, we are still seeing utilization that shows that the demand for those services are needed in all areas.
1:06:46
Although, the residents of the areas may not be consumers of the service, but people that commute into those areas may be dependent on it.
1:06:52
The biggest the biggest example I give is a kid that is getting on the train leaving public housing where they have access at home, and now they get out the train with a device that doesn't have cellular connectivity, but they want to call home to say, mom, I made it to the museum.
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Mom, I made it to the park.
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I'm I'm gonna be back home or I'm heading back home.
1:07:12
Those kiosks provide millions of connections every year and millions of free phone calls every year.
1:07:17
So the need is there.
1:07:18
In terms of our deployment, our deployment is we a part of this phase, we have an additional 2,000 kiosks that are mostly focused in equity districts, we're chugging along at those deployments.
1:07:32
In terms of the advertising revenue and the things that we see off the link five g franchise, I'd have to defer to our deputy commissioner for management and budget.
Edwin Pemberton
1:07:46
So current currently, OTI has a budget of a hundred and 42,300,000.0.
Gale Brewer
1:07:54
Hundred and 3 million?
Edwin Pemberton
1:07:55
No.
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Our overall budget, $1.42.3.
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Of that, we have, I believe it's 19,900,000.0 in in mobile franchise Okay.
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Funding.
Gale Brewer
1:08:12
Okay.
1:08:13
That's what that's what it's called, mobile mobile whatever it is.
Matthew C. Fraser
1:08:18
Yeah.
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And the hundred and 43, that's revenue.
1:08:20
Correct?
1:08:20
That's revenue.
1:08:21
Yeah.
Gale Brewer
1:08:21
Oh, that's revenue.
1:08:22
Okay.
Matthew C. Fraser
1:08:23
Yep.