MuniWireless

Firetide, Inc. and ICEL, partners in the massive deployment of Singapore’s Wireless@SG outdoor-indoor Wi-Fi network, share tips on managing large-scale municipal deployments.Ksenia Coffman, marketing manager of Firetide, told me the deployment, which is expected to be complete in September, will be finished in 10 months‚Äö?Ñ?Æa remarkably fast deployment for one of such size.

She attributes the quick turn-around to the clear business model Singapore had in mind. Singapore’s approach was to manage the deployment across the entire island country by apportioning…

Twelve companies and consortia are bidding on Singapore’s proposed nationwide broadband network. But what’s most interesting about this project is the role of private investment firms.Singapore’s telecommunications regulatory authority is talking to 12 companies and consortiums as “pre-qualified” bidders on the country’s proposed nationwide broadband network.

But what’s most interesting about this project is the prominent role that private investment firms are taking. Consortia that include private investment firms are emerging as yet another business model for municipal broadband and wireless…