MuniWireless

Next month — more than four years after issuing its RFP for a citywide network for public safety and other government applications — New York City will light up the initial phase of New York City Wireless Network (NYCWiN), according to CIO Paul Cosgrave. NYCWiN initially will cover about 70 percent of the city’s 322-square-mile expanse, according to Cosgrave, who last week gave a detailed project update to several committees of the New York City Council. Cosgrave told the City…

Go Networks, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless, is implementing a large downtown Wi-Fi hot spot in Champaign, Ill., using NextWave’s new smart technology that purports the ability to offer triple-play services over the same infrastructure as Wi-Fi–and to do it all with fewer antennas.Go Networks, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless, is implementing a large downtown Wi-Fi hot spot in Champaign, Ill., using NextWave’s new smart technology that purports the ability to offer triple-play services over the same infrastructure as Wi-Fi–and…