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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
- Hotels are upgrading WiFi infrastructure to meet iPad, iPhone users’ needs January 23, 2012
- Edgewater Wireless signs deal with leading Brazilian distributor after successful trial January 19, 2012
- New Tropos 1410 Delivers Secure Field Area Networks for Smart Grid and Other Industrial Applications January 18, 2012
- Santa Clara, CA muni Wi-Fi network gets a second chance January 13, 2012
- Bright House sets up 2000 WiFi hotspots in Orlando and Central Florida January 12, 2012
- Wi-Fi connected TVs and more January 11, 2012
- French mobile operator offers 15 EUR per month unlimited voice, SMS and data January 7, 2012
- Growing pains plague OpenNet Singapore fiber broadband rollout January 5, 2012
- Libraries in Busan City, Korea go Wi-Fi January 4, 2012
- AllCity Wireless announces Solutions4ebiz will sell hosted WiDirect cloud services January 4, 2012
- Free Wi-Fi in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan: an update January 3, 2012
- Wi-Fi comes to Indian Wells, the world’s second largest tennis stadium January 3, 2012
- Wi-Fi comes to Balboa Park, San Diego January 2, 2012
- Kuala Lumpur requires WiFi in restaurants by April 2012 January 2, 2012
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Santa Clara, CA muni Wi-Fi network gets a second chance January 13, 2012
- 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
- 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
- Growing pains plague OpenNet Singapore fiber broadband rollout January 5, 2012
- Bright House sets up 2000 WiFi hotspots in Orlando and Central Florida January 12, 2012
- Better late than never: SF finally sets up Wi-Fi hotzone November 6, 2011
- Brescia, Italy deploys large outdoor Wi-Fi hotzone November 6, 2011
- Verizon doubles amount of downloadable data: weak sales? November 8, 2011
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doug berman: Having deployed hundreds of outdoor AP networks. I...
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Meeting Fairy: Very good point on wifi access. Now, this is not g...
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Someone in Thailand: Engenius, Zyxel, Ubiquiti which do not guarantee g...
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Rory Coanway: Singapore is far more dense than the U.S. and make...
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Esme Vos: That is something I'm trying to find out....
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Rory Conaway: Do we know what access point they are using?...
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me: Wimax uses adaptive modulation the speed is direct...
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Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...







