MuniWireless

If there’s one municipal wireless application I am going to push, it’s wireless digital parking meters. I have been stuck so many times without enough coins to feed into those ancient meters that I think this is the one thing all cities need to implement now. It’s time to stop using Roman technology (i.e. coins). Below a photo of a digital parking meter, powered by a solar cell nonetheless, very green indeed.

A company called Digital Payment Technologies is installing them…

Galatsi, Greece, home of the 2004 Olympics, is proceeding with its municipal wireless network.Galatsi, home of the 2004 Olympics is forging ahead with deployment of its municipal wireless network, one of the first in Greece.

The four-square mile network will provide free service to students and municipal employees and fee-based broadband service to residents and businesses, according to a Strix Systems press release. The first phase was implemented in fall, 2006.

Click here to read the press release.

The city of Newton, Massachusetts, has partnered with Galaxy Internet Services to deploy a multi-purpose mesh network for its 80,000 residents.The city of Newton, Massachusetts, has partnered with Galaxy Internet Services to deploy a multi-purpose mesh network for its 80,000 residents.

This is exciting, though not surprising, news. Newton is an urban suburb of Boston and its deployment of wireless mesh will serve to strengthen the grid in that region

Newton is the site of our upcoming MuniWireless Conference, Turning Ideas Into…

The city of Oulu, whose panOULU city network launched in 2003, is expanding its network to go citywide by October, 2007.The city of Oulu, whose panOULU city network launched in 2003, is expanding its network to go citywide by October, 2007.

The network, which will use Strix Systems’ Access/One 2400 Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) to extend the coverage and provide faster connection speeds, provides access to 11,000 users and supports municipal field operations. January statistics show more than half of the…

Samsung is making a “significant strategic investment” in Strix Systems, deepening its commitment to WiMAX in north America.The “significant strategic investment” that Samsung Ventures America announced it was making in Strix Systems this week deepens Samsung’s commitment to WiMAX technology and the wireless mesh market in the United States.

That commitment became clear last summer when Samsung emerged as one of the key players in Sprint Nextel’s plans to deploy mobile WiMAX nationwide. The announcement validated WiMAX which, despite its promise…