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The 15-year deal includes the design, installation, operation and maintenance of more than 6,000 displays that will provide new public services.

Street furniture from MCDecaux will provide citizens in the Japanese city with a range of services including free wi-fi hotspots and emergency message alerts.

Displays will deliver community messaging driven by the councils and contracts also include a contribution from the out-of-home media company towards local environmental projects.

The company wants an end to exclusive concessions agreements on council-owned furniture to speed up delivery of 4G and 5G services and boost city centre mobile coverage.

The digital units will integrate with the urban architecture and be used for official communication from the local council as well as provide live traffic updates.

The outdoor advertising company is supporting telecoms operators to roll out small cells in 10 French cities this year