Citywide WiFi, smart grid, enterprise wireless, public safety, mobile apps
The city council of Málaga, Spain wants to provide Wi-Fi everywhere in the city. They are working on a map of Wi-Fi hotspots in the city, which will include information about whether they are free of charge or paid. Although several companies such as JiWire and WeFi provide maps with Wi-Fi locations, they are not [...]
The EU has conducted a survey of 27,000 households in 27 countries and the results are astounding: 24 percent of EU households have given up fixed telephone lines in favor of mobile phones. In the new Member states, that number is even higher: 39 percent. The landline infrastructure in many eastern European countries is poor [...]
Residents of Beijing will have citywide Wi-Fi service by 2010, if everything goes as planned. CECT-Chinacomm Communications has finished the first phase which covers 100 square kilometers. They will free Wi-Fi service during the Olympics. I do not know how good the service is because I have not gone to Beijing to test it and [...]
A study carried out for the European Commission reveals that Europeans are shocked by the extremely high charges they incur when they use their mobile phones and laptops for data access outside their home countries. They are also unhappy about the the lack of transparency related to the pricing by volume of data (megabytes) used. [...]
I’ve written a lot about Blyk, a mobile virtual network operator based in the UK, that has a novel business model: giving away free mobile phone service in exchange for users’ viewing MMS and SMS ads. While this “free service in exchange for ads” model has not worked well in the citywide Wi-Fi space and [...]
Wireless Oakland has suspended operations after failing to attract new investors. The network is stuck in phase one and has been unable to expand because of a lack of funds. The total cost of building out the network is estimated at $70 million. MichTel Communications, the service provider, cannot go on with the project. While [...]
Recently, I had the honor of speaking to city managers across the state of Ohio presenting: “Economic Development and Broadband – A Marriage Made in Heaven.” The response to this presentation was overwhelming. Here is a summary. Wireless is, of course, about improving productivity through technical applications and human resource management. But, how clear is [...]
Two ISPs, Veraloft and I-Net Solutions, are bidding to operate the Milpitas, California municipal Wi-Fi network that EarthLink abandoned several months ago. The city acquired the network for $800,000 and was planning to use it for municipal purposes only. However, this month, the city put out a bid seeking a provider to operate the network [...]
Girona, Spain is deploying a citywide Wi-Fi network for municipal applications. At present, the network is running in the Can Gibert del Pla and Santa Eugenia neighborhoods, but it is being expanded to cover the entire city (13 square kilometers). The cost of the project will be about 1,000,000 €. This amount includes not only [...]
Statesboro, Georgia has issued a Request for Proposals, seeking an ISP to build and operate a citywide wireless network for educational, residential, commercial, municipal and public safety use. Initially the network will be used primarily for public safety, remote work order management, Digital Inclusion, residential and student Internet access. According to the RFP, the city [...]
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Urbanite: I thought the same thing, until I found out they u...
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doug berman: Having deployed hundreds of outdoor AP networks. I...
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Someone in Thailand: Engenius, Zyxel, Ubiquiti which do not guarantee g...
Rory Coanway: Singapore is far more dense than the U.S. and make...
Esme Vos: That is something I'm trying to find out....
Rory Conaway: Do we know what access point they are using?...
me: Wimax uses adaptive modulation the speed is direct...
Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...
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