MuniWireless

Granbury, Texas will be deploying 15 video surveillance cameras starting in October 2008. This project will build upon the Tropos Wi-Fi mesh network that the city operates for public safety and public access. The city is increasing the number of Tropos wireless nodes from 110 to 150 to cover additional areas that have been annexed by the City since the original deployment. Installation of mobile routers in all police vehicles is also under way. These cameras are the same type…

What are the Top 50 Trends in Municipal Wireless? We’re counting them down at our MuniWireless 2007: Silicon Valley conference in Santa Clara. Here are items 40-31 on the list. What are the Top 50 Trends in Municipal Wireless? We’re counting them down at our MuniWireless 2007: Silicon Valley conference in Santa Clara. Here are items 40-31 on the list.

50-41. Read that portion of the list here.

40. Park and Pay: Janis Jefferson Benton, deputy IT director for the City of Houston, described…

We get comments to our articles everyday and unfortunately, even the best ones get buried and forgotten. In the past week, there’s been a media frenzy over the alleged demise of municipal wireless so I decided to highlight this comment posted by Tony Tull, IT director of Granbury, Texas, in response to one of our articles. Tony’s department runs a municipal wireless network. We get comments to our articles everyday and unfortunately, even the best ones get buried and forgotten.…