Analysis: What is the state of the muni wireless market? And what is the path forward? Plenty of readers asked us both questions following EarthLink’s decision to vastly scale back its own business operations. When a big, publicly held company changes direction, it certainly grabs your attention. Fortunately, there are multiple proven paths forward. And [...]

The post-mortems on EarthLink’s resturing announcement are coming in and the good news for munis is that they’re hopeful, if not downright enthusiastic. The bad news comes to cities like San Francisco and Houston where the outlook on EarthLink partnerships looks dim. But is that so bad after all?by Carol Ellison The post-mortems on EarthLink’s [...]

In an interesting alignment of announcements, Chicago is putting its plans for a municipal wireless network on ice on the same day that EarthLink, one of its potential partners, announced 900 lay-offs, including the president of the company’s muni division.In an interesting alignment of announcements, Chicago is putting its plans for a municipal wireless network [...]

The long anticipated changes at EarthLink have arrived. The company is eliminating 900 jobs. One of those is reportedly that of Donald B. Berryman, president of the company’s muni wireless unit.EarthLink announced it is eliminating jobs–one of those, according to a report in the Atlanta Constitution, is that of executive vice president and president of [...]

Solis Energy, a company developing solar-powered, portable, uninterruptable power supplies, is poised to enter the muni Wi-Fi market with a device that could power access points in remote locations where there’s no electrical service.Solis Energy, a company developing solar-powered, portable, uninterruptable power supplies, is poised to enter the muni Wi-Fi market with a device that [...]

More details are becoming available on MeshLinx’s plans to deploy muni wireless networks in Illinois’ “tri cities” of Geneva, St. Charles and Batavia, although the revenue model is still a bit murky.More details are becoming available on MeshLinx’s plans to deploy muni wireless networks in although the revenue model is still a bit murky. As [...]