Archive | June, 2004

Muniwireless first anniversary report is out

Muniwireless.com is one year old. To celebrate, I am releasing the first anniversary report which lists over 80 regions, cities and towns that have deployed large wireless broadband networks. The report also analyzes trends in this area from the past twelve months with a look to upcoming developments in the next two years. Muniwireless.com is [...]

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Paris-La Defense area to get Wi-Fi coverage

The La Defense area in Paris will have Wi-Fi coverage throughout its 30-hectare domain, according to Glenn Fleishman. For those of you who have not been there, La Defense is a giant office complex of massive, ugly concrete buildings at the end of Metro Line 1. A lot of people work there: 150,000 regular workers [...]

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Wireless Nederland open air festival on August 14 and 15

Wireless Nederland is holding an open air festival on August 14 and 15 in Zeddam, Gelderland. Activities: build your own antenna, long range Wi-Fi contests, a barbecue and a war-driving event on the 15th. To sign up, visit the Wireless Nederland website.Wireless Nederland is holding an open air festival on August 14 and 15 in [...]

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Urbana, Illinois to deploy downtown hotzone

Urbana, Illinois is funding a hotzone which will connect half-a-dozen sites in the downtown area to the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN). The money will be used to provide wireless connectivity in several indoor and outdoor areas along with the nodes needed to connect these areas to the CUWiN infrastructure. The city voted to allocate [...]

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Municipal public safety wireless broadband conference June 29-30

Just a few days more before the Wireless Internet and Municipal Public Safety Conference in San Mateo, California on June 29 and 30. I am chairing a panel whose speakers include representatives from cities with municipal wireless broadband networks.Just a few days more before the Wireless Internet and Municipal Public Safety Conference in San Mateo, [...]

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Standardization of wireless mesh networks

Steve Stroh has a written an interesting piece about the standardization of mesh wireless networks (802.11s). I recommend this piece to everyone.Steve Stroh has a written an interesting piece about the standardization of mesh wireless networks (802.11s). I recommend this piece to everyone. Apparently, there is a movement to standardize mesh wireless networks, especially now [...]

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Wireless Tech Radio interview on June 23

I am getting my fifteen minutes of fame today on Wireless Tech Radio between 10:00 and 11:00 am Eastern Time (7:00 Pacific, 15:00 London, 16:00 Amsterdam/Paris). I will be announcing the release of the first Muniwireless annual report, a survey of municipal wireless broadband projects around the world, on July 1 to celebrate the first [...]

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Los Angeles RFP for downtown Wi-Fi project: deadline July 12

The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has issued an RFP on June 18, 2004 for the implementation of a public access Wi-Fi network in downtown Los Angeles, specifically in the Pershing Square area. Responses are due on July 12, 2004. The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has issued an RFP on June 18, [...]

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New York City RFP for municipal public safety network

New York is looking for a systems integrator that can implement a municipal wireless broadband network for public safety. New York wants the following:New York is looking for a systems integrator that can implement a municipal wireless broadband network for public safety. New York wants the following: ‚Äö?Ñ?¨ Wireless broadband public safety (high speed data [...]

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Cisco municipal public safety wireless solution

Even Cisco has entered the municipal public safety wireless broadband game. What a coincidence. I am chairing a panel at the upcoming W2i.org conference entitled Wireless Internet and Municipal Public Safety on June 29 and 30 in San Mateo, California. So this is the hot topic of the day.Even Cisco has entered the municipal public [...]

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