MuniWireless

San Sebastian, Spain deployed two Wi-Fi hotzones in December 2004: in the downtown area and in a park. This is phase one of a municipal wireless broadband project. In Spain, a city has to get permission from the Telecomunications Market Commission (CMT) to to deploy a citywide network. The city must guarantee free competition (i.e. not crowd out private enterprise San Sebastian, Spain deployed two Wi-Fi hotzones in December 2004: in the downtown area and in a park. This is…

The Indiana anti-municipal broadband bill (HB 1148) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Local Government Committee on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 15:30. It is anticipated that the hearing will be held in Room 156-A of the State Capitol in Indianapolis. I recommend this article in the South Bend Tribune (which quotes former State Senator turned SBC lobbyist The Indiana anti-municipal broadband bill (HB 1148) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Local Government Committee on Wednesday,…

Earthlink and SK Telecom (South Korea) have entered into a partnership to bring integrated 3G and Wi-Fi service to US customers (see Om Malik’s blog). While a number of mobile operators such as T-Mobile offer Wi-Fi subscriptions to their customers, no one has managed to integrate a cellular voice/data service with Wi-Fi. Earthlink and SK Telecom (South Korea) have entered into a partnership to bring integrated 3G and Wi-Fi service to US customers (see Om Malik’s blog). While a number…

If all else fails, what do you do? Sue. That’s exactly what BellSouth is doing to stop the rollout of the Lafayette FTTH project, according to The Advocate. If all else fails, what do you do? Sue. That’s exactly what BellSouth is doing to stop the rollout of the Lafayette FTTH project, according to The Advocate.

LUS and Lafayette are poised to ask the state Bond Commission for permission to issue $125 million in revenue bonds to begin providing low-cost…

Police officers in Indianola (Iowa) now have citywide wireless broadband access according to the Des Moines Register. In the past, police officers could only get text-based data, but now they can get mug shots, database information and images from security cameras on laptops in squad cars. Indianola has approximately 13,000 residents; the police department is quite small (5 patrol cars). Police officers in Indianola (Iowa) now have citywide wireless broadband access according to the Des Moines Register. In the past,…

Curt Pringle, mayor of Anaheim (California), says he would like to see the city offer Wi-Fi broadband access to all residents but without the controversy that hounded Philadelphia. Anaheim envisions a private-public partnerships, but has not provided any details. The city is developing a wireless network for public safety (police and fire department personnel) and would like to extend that Curt Pringle, mayor of Anaheim (California), says he would like to see the city offer Wi-Fi broadband access to all…