MuniWireless

Gangneung City in South Korea has deployed a municipal wireless network to assist city workers and residents in dealing with emergencies. The city has installed security cameras, weather sensors and fire alarm sensors, all of which will be monitored by Gangneung’s emergency personnel. The “Ubiquitous Sensor Network” (which uses IPv6) will also provide city residents and visitors with access to online sports, weather, disaster prevention and other information.

KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) is the city’s partner in the deployment using…

Last week I interviewed Lt. Tony Crawford of the Dallas Police Department to get a better picture of how the they are using wireless cameras installed in various parts of the central business district (CBD) to tackle crime. I wanted to know more about this project after reading a newspaper article on how the cameras captured a robbery at a Dallas bus station and allowed the police to arrest the suspect within a short period of time.

Among the questions I…

Firetide’s Wi-Fi mesh is climbing 2000 feet through concrete, aluminum and steel to provide real-time voice and video communications on the world’s tallest building. Who says Wi-Fi can’t handle architecturally challenging environments? Firetide announced today that its mesh has been selected to provide data and voice communications, as well as video surveillance, up and down Burj Dubai (the name is Arabic for DubaiTower) in the United Arab Emirates. This is an enterprise deployment but munis that are dealing with coverage…

Veolia Transport has deployed a wireless mesh network to support operations at its Malmo, Sweden depot.Veolia Transport has deployed a wireless mesh network to support operations at its Malmo, Sweden depot.

The network, which uses a Firetide solution, is designed to simplify reporting and data exchange for fleet management and public safety.

Click here to read the press release.

Four tiny communities around Isafjordur, Iceland, the largest city in an area known for fishing and tourism, have unwired to promote economic development.Four tiny communities around Isafjordur, Iceland, the largest city in an area known for fishing and tourism, have unwired to promote economic development.

Valtyr Gislason, IT manager for Isafjordur said in a press release “the system is a good investment as it even worked when covered with snow during the long winter.”

The system, which is expected to pay for…

LenSec, a provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, and Firetide, Inc., developers of multi-service wireless mesh networks, are partnering to offer municipal video surveillance solutions.LenSec, a provider of IP-based video surveillance solutions, and Firetide, Inc., developers of multi-service wireless mesh networks, are partnering to offer municipal video surveillance solutions.

The companies are going after the U.S. metro safety market where security cameras are a requirement. Their joint offering uses LenSec’s IP video surveillance solutions and cameras in Firetide’s wireless networks.

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