MuniWireless 101: Applications: Advertising
Advertising can be a tool for municipalities to generate supplemental revenue for their municipal wireless networks or in, some cases, to generate enough revenue to pay for the network or to support the offering of tiered services across the network. The advertising-based muniwireless model has been promoted by some service providers, particularly MetroFi Inc., although MetroFi has recently gone to a model whereby it also seeks an anchor tenancy commitment from the municipality. In addition to ... More »
A cold lonely summer for NebuAd
NebuAd, the company accused of wiretapping, forgery and browser hijacking by a Free Press report, has just lost their CEO, Robert Dykes. Sources ...
Blyk signs up 100,000 customers, six months ahead of schedule
Blyk, the UK MVNO for people between the ages of 16 and 24, has signed up 100,000 customers, six months ahead of schedule. ...
JiWire, Boingo deliver ads wirelessly at airports
JiWire will sell and serve advertising for Boingo Wi-Fi hot spots at 28 major airports in the United States and United Kingdom. JiWire seems to ...
Commentary: Lies, damned lies, and broadband strategies
The Bush administration is claiming it has "met the goal" of achieving universal broadband access by the end of 2007. Clearly, the administration has failed ...
MetroFi will use MSN SideGuide to deliver ads in citywide networks
MetroFi will use Microsoft's MSN SideGuide as the ad delivery platform for its free muni Wi-Fi service in Portland, Oregon and Concord, California. A year ...
Ads enable free, faster Wi-Fi at Denver airport
Wi-Fi usage is up 10-fold at the Denver airport where officials have taken back control of the network from AT&T, improved speed and removed the ...
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