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Two years ago, we posted a series of articles on MuniWireless exposing the alarming delay in WiMAX deployments in France. At that time, the French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, revealed that “out of the 3562 locations that should have been covered with WiMAX service by 30 June 2008, only 657 were connected as of 31 December [...]
The government of Malaysia is deploying Wi-Fi in up to 4000 villages in Perlis, Sabah and Sarawak by the end of 2012 to bring broadband to the more remote parts of the country. The cost of deploying Wi-Fi in each village is between US$7,000 and US$10,000. The Malaysian government wants to upgrade the high tech [...]
Govtech reports that “Seattle is thinking about leasing some of the city’s 500 miles of unused dark fiber to private companies, hoping that ultra-fast broadband connections will result.” (italics are mine). The most important word in that sentence is “hoping”. Why? Because getting each home and business in Seattle to have access to fiber optic [...]
Most WISP operators perform additional projects outside the scope of just providing Internet access. The skill sets required to install backhaul systems to residential or business clients can be utilized in other applications. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to see many unique types of wireless applications, some stick out more than others. Video surveillance, SCADA [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for telephone utilities to build, expand and improve broadband in their rural service territories across 15 states. The announcement was made on the Secretary’s behalf by USDA Rural Utilities Service Deputy Administrator Jessica Zufolo during an address at the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility [...]
That’s not exactly how it’s sung by Frankie in “How you wear your hat” but if the slipper fits… Public Safety is scared to use 2.4GHz. Fears of hackers and the fact everything on the planet that is WiFi enabled runs in 2.4GHz. And why should they use it when the government has given them [...]
The Wireless Broadband Alliance has published a report on the state of the global public Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by analyst firm Informa. It includes a comprehensive survey of 259 service providers and Wi-Fi vendors. The report reveals that global public Wi-Fi hotspot numbers are set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011, to 5.8 [...]
On 25 October 2011, Bloomberg reported that the 3rd quarter profits of Dutch telco incumbent KPN “fell 9.4 percent because of price reductions and increasing use of mobile and social-media applications cut into voice revenue.” KPN announced that it will be increasing the prices it charges customers for mobile data use because more people are [...]
The Los Angeles Police Department is installing wireless surveillance systems around the city to battle crime and improve officers’ productivity (first deployments in the Mission, Foothill and Southwest area stations, then to other parts of LA). They are using Wi4Net, a division of CelPlan Technologies (a provider of integrated wireless broadband and surveillance solutions) for the [...]
After a year of installation and testing, Old Brooklyn Connected, is up and running. It is an outdoor Wi-Fi network that delivers Wi-Fi service to Ward 13, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. One of the goals of this community development is to bridge the digital divide. Just as importantly, users of smartphones and tablets can now [...]
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