The Thai government has announced that it has begun the deployment of 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok; they will be installing 20,000 more in 2012. These Wi-Fi hot zones will be placed in government offices, police stations, municipal buildings and hospitals. TOT (the Thai state-owned telecom) will be running the network. The Wi-Fi initiative is [...]
Towerstream built it, but will they come?
Towerstream has built a citywide Wi-Fi network in Manhattan and is offering access on a wholesale basis to carriers who want to offload data traffic from their 3G networks.Will this be a profitable business? So far Towerstream has no carrier customers. The details of the network are quite impressive. Towerstream deployed more than 1000 access [...]
Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points
Problem: Providing Wireless Internet Connectivity in a Crowded Environment J&J Telecommunications needed to solve a major customer problem. The 855-boat slip South Shore Harbor Marina located in League City, TX needed to provide WiFi Internet Connectivity to their customer’s Mobile, Laptop and Tablet devices without having to install customer-premises equipment on the customer’s boat. Adding [...]
Tales from the Towers, Chapter 32: S.P.I.R.I.T. – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
In the last few weeks, I’ve seen bids that range from wireless municipal specifications from 8 years ago to the desire to reach for the outer limits. Both strategies have unrealistic expectations, just from different ends of the equation. Eight-year old municipal specifications assume that delivering 300Kbps is an adequate expectation for anyone in 2011. [...]
Ruckus Wireless introduces ChannelFly: predictive capacity management technology
Ruckus Wireless has just introduced ChannelFly™, which it claims to be the industry’s first predictive capacity management technology. This is designed to maximize the capacity of Wi-Fi networks and deliver better performance in areas where there are many Wi-Fi networks (for example, in conferences with many vendor booths have their own Wi-Fi networks). According to [...]
Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK
Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, is rolling out free Wi-Fi in all of its stores in the United Kingdom. Tesco is working with O2 for the network rollout and maintenance. People who have Tesco Clubcards get unlimited access to the network; those who do not own a Clubcard get 15 minutes of free access every [...]
Wi-Fi now available on California Amtrak trains
Wi-Fi service is now available on certain Amtrak passenger trains in California: Capitol Corridor (Auburn-Sacramento-Emeryville-San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose), San Joaquin (Sacramento-Oakland-Bakersfield), and Pacific Surfliner (San Diego- LA-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo). According to Amtrak, in fiscal year 2011, more than 5 million people traveled on the three railway lines mentioned above. This number represents an increase of [...]
Looks like WiMAX is really dead in France
Two years ago, we posted a series of articles on MuniWireless exposing the alarming delay in WiMAX deployments in France. At that time, the French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, revealed that “out of the 3562 locations that should have been covered with WiMAX service by 30 June 2008, only 657 were connected as of 31 December [...]
Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi
The government of Malaysia is deploying Wi-Fi in up to 4000 villages in Perlis, Sabah and Sarawak by the end of 2012 to bring broadband to the more remote parts of the country. The cost of deploying Wi-Fi in each village is between US$7,000 and US$10,000. The Malaysian government wants to upgrade the high tech [...]
Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done
Govtech reports that “Seattle is thinking about leasing some of the city’s 500 miles of unused dark fiber to private companies, hoping that ultra-fast broadband connections will result.” (italics are mine). The most important word in that sentence is “hoping”. Why? Because getting each home and business in Seattle to have access to fiber optic [...]
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Towerstream built it, but will they come? December 26, 2011
- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 32: S.P.I.R.I.T. – You Can’t Always Get What You Want December 16, 2011
- Ruckus Wireless introduces ChannelFly: predictive capacity management technology December 3, 2011
- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
- Wi-Fi now available on California Amtrak trains December 3, 2011
- Looks like WiMAX is really dead in France November 28, 2011
- Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi November 23, 2011
- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 31: When in doubt, use your W.I.T.T.S. November 23, 2011
- US Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Expand and Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas November 21, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 30: Fear of 2.4GHz for Public Safety Defies Logic November 21, 2011
- Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015 November 10, 2011
- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
- Why hotel WiFi is being crushed by iPads and what to do about it October 25, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 30: Fear of 2.4GHz for Public Safety Defies Logic November 21, 2011
- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Charlotte, NC awards public safety LTE network contract to Alcatel-Lucent September 29, 2011
- How will Verizon, AT&T and Sprint position 4G vs. iPhone 5? September 30, 2011
- More on the strange happenings at Open Range Communications October 5, 2011
- Louisiana loses $80 million broadband stimulus grant October 27, 2011
- Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood deploys large outdoor free Wi-Fi network November 10, 2011
- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
- Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015 November 10, 2011
- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi November 23, 2011
- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
- The Cloud selects Ruckus Wireless for London citywide Wi-Fi network September 27, 2011
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