MuniWireless

Is the party almost over for cellular carriers? Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Alex Slawsby seem to think so in this article in Forbes (click here):

“The combination of the dramatic growth of new wireless Internet access technologies such as WiFi, the ability to use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to make voice calls and the potential rise of companies willing to give away wireless service makes disruption a real possibility. WiFi hotspots and municipal WiFi coverage have and will continue…

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is expected to issue a public tender for the deployment of a municipal wireless broadband network. Jefferson Parish wants to have citywide Wi-Fi not only to provide residents with ubiquitous broadband, but to have a backup communications network in the event of another natural disaster. Muniwireless has reported extensively on the problems that New Orleans has encountered trying to get post-Katrina communications up and running (including their run-ins with BellSouth). Jefferson Parish wants to make sure they…

Cisco this week rolled out a family of products and applications designed to bring interoperability to legacy networks and devices that previously could not talk to one another.Cisco this week rolled out a family of products and applications designed to bring interoperability to legacy networks and devices that previously could not talk to one another.

Its IP Interoperability Collaboration System 2.0 (IPICS) has been chosen by officials in Boulder County, Colo., to help consolidate communications across departments.

“We chose to deploy Cisco…

The ACLU has published an article on what one should beware of when logging onto public networks, not just municipal networks, but also those in cafes, airports and hotels. But is watching your behavior online necessarily a bad thing?In Look Before You Log On, Nicole Ozer warns that many wireless services in hotels and airports track user behavior presumably so advertisers can figure out either how to sell you (or your demographic group) something.

I don’t think many people who use…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has classified wireless broadband Internet access service as an information service under the Communications Act (Act). The FCC’s action places wireless broadband Internet access service on the same regulatory footing as other broadband services, such as cable modem service, wireline broadband (DSL) Internet access service, and Broadband over Power Line (BPL)-enabled Internet access service.

According to the FCC, “it ensures that wireless broadband Internet access services are similarly free from unnecessary regulatory burdens. Competition among…

The city of Ipoh in Malaysia’s Perak state officially launched its Wi-Fi network this week.The city of Ipoh in Malaysia’s Perak state officially launched its Wi-Fi network this week.

The network was built by Red Snapper, a Malaysian provider of voice over Wi-Fi services, using Altai Technologies’ Wi-Fi cellular base stations.

Malaysia is building a Multi-media Super Corridor, expected to become a global ICT hub by 2010. Ipoh, the capital of Perak, is a pilot for the project. Students and minority groups…