MuniWireless

Orange and SFR, the two major broadband operators in France agreed to share the fiber optic lines going into apartment and office buildings. In a letter of intent signed by the operators, they stated that the “co-owner associations” of a multi-tenant building or their representatives would be able to choose the operator to install the fiber in the building. The installer would open the fiber to other operators requesting the access to the building, but they would have to pay…

Prague’s citywide wireless Internet network will not be offered free to residents but it’s still getting resistence from local telecoms.Prague’s citywide wireless Internet network will not be offered free to residents but it’s still getting resistence from local telecoms.

Following a year of controversy, the capital of the CzechRepublic renamed the initiative from “Free Internet for Prague Citizens” to simply “Wireless Prague”, and separated the build-out into two phases. The first to city offices and schools is already being implemented. The…