MuniWireless

Orange County, Va., intends to expand its current public safety network to provide 95 percent converage and has issued an RFP for the project. In addition to providing coverage for all base locations and fire stations, the project seeks to identify support structures suitable for antennas and to improve cell phone, as well as wireless broadband, coverage.

This is a 150 MHz VHF system. The RFP outlines the scope of the present system as well as the scope of the project. …

Technology writer Jeremy Hsu, writing for the IEEE Spectrum, reports that widespread individual and corporate adoption of wireless technologies has produced a Wi-Fi cloud over Salt Lake City could be a “make do” alternative to a municipal wireless network. The article goes on to postulate “Such unplanned wireless networks could provide the foundation for integrated citywide wireless coverage without huge investments in new infrastructure.”

Ad hoc networks can be–and are–powerfully attractive in areas where public access is the only goal of a…

The city of Houston plans to re-launch its muni wireless initiative and has issued an RFI to review proposals for the project. It was only a matter of time before cities recovered from the shockwaves from EarthLink’s retreat from the muni market and began re-evaluating how to provide broadband coverage. Houston is the first major city, among the many that put wireless initiatives on hold in the post-EarthLink shakeout, to announce plans to move ahead and re-issue an RFI. Houston…

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland officially launched Connect Ohio, a state and municipal public-private partnership aimed at mapping and filling gaps in broadband access across the state.

“The goal of Connect Ohio is to create customized support for local communities to meet their individual technological needs while helping expand broadband service to all residents and businesses,” Strickland said in announcing the program.

The project will be governed by Connect Ohio Initiatives, LLC, a non-profit that is working with Connected Nation. The cost of…

Massachusetts police agencies will deploy a wireless integrated mobile computing device system for use in training and tactical operations.

Catcher Holdings, Inc., whose CATCHER system will be used, announced it is partnering with Tactical vision Inc. to provide real-time video and data communications for officers in the field.

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TransLink, the regional transit system in British Columbia, Canada, will deploy a 31-intersection test network to try out a wireless application that gives transit vehicles priority at intersections and provides commuters with up-to-the-minute arrival and emergency information.TransLink, the regional transit system in British Columbia, Canada, will deploy a 31-intersection test network to try out a wireless application that gives transit vehicles priority at intersections and provides commuters with up-to-the-minute arrival and emergency information.

The “Transpod” system, from Novax, uses a wireless…