MuniWireless

Groningen, Netherlands has hired Unwired Holding CV to deploy and manage a citywide wireless broadband network. The city center expects to be unwired by October 2009, with the entire city completed by 2010.

The foundation, Draadloos Groningen (Wireless Groningen), signed the agreement this week with Unwired Holding. The foundation’s members are the municipality of Groningen, the Hanzehogeschool Groningen, the University of Groningen and the University Medical Center, all of which will use the network for applications. Noorderpoort College and the Groningen…

T-Mobile has released interesting statistics on the iPhone’s usage in the Netherlands since the launch of the 3G version six weeks ago:

49% of iPhone customers are between 25-49 years old, 26% are between 18-24. More men than women have purchased the phone. The average data use in the first 5 days after the launch was 10 MB per day. The most popular version of the iPhone is the black, 16 GB device. The most popular subscription is the 150 voice…

KPN, the Netherlands telecom incumbent, is setting up Wi-Fi hotspots in Total gas stations along highways in the Netherlands, starting with the Total station (called Aurora) along the A4, the highway that connects Amsterdam to The Hague. People who want to stop and check email will be directed to parking spaces by signs showing the availability of Wi-Fi. KPN, the Netherlands telecom incumbent, is setting up Wi-Fi hotspots in Total gas stations along highways in the Netherlands, starting with the…

Stratix Consulting has published a study for SURFNet on the feasibility of building and running a municipal wireless broadband network in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The report contains detailed information about the capital and operating costs of the network, as well as business models for sustaining it. This is the first comprehensive feasibility report I have come seen for the deployment of a citywide Wi-Fi network in a small, densely populated European city (population 283,000 out of which 60,000 are students;…