MuniWireless

I am blogging from the Muniwireless conference taking place in Santa Clara (Oct 22-23). The first session is a presentation of the 2007 State of the Market Report by Mike Perkowski, with insights from Joanne Hovis, president of CTC. There were a lot of interesting points made this morning that could be summarized as follows: muni wireless isn’t dead.I am blogging from the Muniwireless conference taking place in Santa Clara (Oct 22-23). The first session is a presentation of the…

Today I spoke to Jim Baker, founder of Moovera, a UK company that makes outdoor and in-vehicle Wi-Fi access points for metro, campus and public transport deployments. Moovera’s APs bring Wi-Fi connectivity to end user devices and use 3G/UMTS, WiMAX and TD-CDMA for the backhaul. This solves a lot of interference problems and allows public transport operator to offer free Wi-Fi service to passengers, and at the same time, use the network for security purposes. Yesterday I spoke to Jim…

Caltrain rejected two bids for its project to deploy Wi-Fi connectivity on trains between San Francisco and San Jose, according to the San Mateo Daily Journal. Caltrain says one bid was too expensive and the other too restrictive.

According to the San Mateo article, one of the bidders (Nomad Digital from Newcastle, UK) asked Caltrain to make a significant investment in the deployment of the network. Caltrain balked at the proposal because it was too costly. They are using grant money…

It’s summer and in some communities such as Ocean City, New Jersey, people are thinking of ways to use wireless networks to make a day at the beach less of a hassle. Applications such as wireless beach tags are high up on the city’s list. Read the Newsday article here.

Ocean City isn’t the only beach community that is trying to improve the visitor experience. Blankenberge, Belgium wants to use the citywide Wi-Fi network that is currently being deployed for the…

Citymesh, a Belgian telecommunications firm, is deploying a citywide Wi-Fi mesh network in Blankenberge on the coast of Belgium. Although the primary use of the network is Internet access for visitors, the city plans to use the network for public safety and other municipal purposes as well. Citymesh, a Belgian telecommunications firm, is deploying a large Wi-Fi mesh network in Blankenberge on the coast of Belgium. Although their target customers are visitors, the city plans to use the network for…

2.4 gigahertz

The portion of the radio spectrum in the United States typically used by service providers for highspeed wireless communications such as wireless networks, cordless phones, surveillance equipment and others.

3G

Short-hand name for the third generation of mobile communications. 3G networks are designed to transmit video and data at high speeds across cellular networks.

4.9 gigahertz

The portion of the radio spectrum in the United States allocated specifically for use by public safety organizations, such as…