MuniWireless

Wi-Fi on public transport is hot these days. The high-speed TGV service between Paris and Brussels will be launching Wi-Fi service on May 14 for trains traveling between those cities, expanding the service later to trains going all the way to Amsterdam.

On the other side of the world, Malaysian luxury bus operator, Odyssey Prestige Coaches, is adding free Wi-Fi service to the buses that run between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (350 kilometers, 4 hours). The buses are equipped with wide…

The city of Ipoh in Malaysia’s Perak state officially launched its Wi-Fi network this week.The city of Ipoh in Malaysia’s Perak state officially launched its Wi-Fi network this week.

The network was built by Red Snapper, a Malaysian provider of voice over Wi-Fi services, using Altai Technologies’ Wi-Fi cellular base stations.

Malaysia is building a Multi-media Super Corridor, expected to become a global ICT hub by 2010. Ipoh, the capital of Perak, is a pilot for the project. Students and minority groups…