MuniWireless

The city of San Fernando (Los Angeles County) has issued an RFP for the design and installation of a wireless data network using mesh technology in the licensed 4.9 GHz public safety spectrum. Note that network has to support future use of 2.4 GHz for automated meter reading and municipal Wi-Fi access. You can request the specifications and other requirements from the San Fernando Police Department or from the city website www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us (as of this writing, I did not see…

For 2010, Firetide forecasts 100 percent increase in demand for city-wide wireless infrastructure mesh networks but with a focus on municipal infrastructure rather than free public Wi-Fi applications. Eager for more and affordable capacity, municipalities will turn towards wireless infrastructure mesh vendors that can provide “fiber-like” performance at a fraction of fiber’s cost for a variety of voice, video and data applications – fixed and mobile – for city-wide municipal and transportation projects.

Read more here.

Yesterday, I posted a notice of public tender from Union City, New Jersey for their wireless camera project. The official bid document is on MuniWireless:

UnionCamera-Bid Doc-v10e-Public Release

If you are going to bid on this project, make sure that you contact the municipal clerk. The city may amend the bid at a later time so you don’t want to rely on this document alone.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed Bids will be received by the Board of Commissioners…

Union City, New Jersey, has issued a public tender seeking bidders to set up a wireless network with video cameras. Read the official bid notice below.

[I posted the document today on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26051646/Union-City-NJ-wireless-camera-project-bid]

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed Bids will be received by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City, County of Hudson, State of New Jersey on April 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM prevailing time in the City Clerk’s Office, second floor, 3715 Palisade…

I am attending the Supernova Conference in San Francisco where the theme is “Change Networks” or how pervasive connectivity has changed how we relate to one another. We usually think of pervasive connectivity in the online context, but how does pervasive connectivity alter physical space, in particular, cities and the human experience the city? That was the subject of an intriguing talk entitled “Public Objects — Connected Things and Civic Responsibilities in the Networked City” by Adam Greenfield (Nokia).

Greenfield began…

Altoona, Pennsylvania (10 square mi., 25 square km; pop. 50,000) has deployed a municipal wireless broadband network that combines Wi-Fi (using 2.4 GHz) and licensed wireless (4.9 GHz) for public safety use. The network was deployed by BIG Wireless, a systems integrator based in York, Pennsylvania.

The network will be used initially by the Altoona police and fire departments. Altoona police will connect to the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET), Informant reporting software, field reporting and mapping applications. The fire department will…