MuniWireless

Wi-Fi on public transport used to be a novelty, not anymore. A number of bus companies in the UK are providing free Wi-Fi to their passengers (see Glasgow, London, Reading (UK)). Now, the city of Tallahassee, Florida wants to encourage commuters to use public transport by offering free Wi-Fi. The cost to the city: a one time fee of $20,700 for purchase and installation, $12,580 in the first year and $10,800 annually thereafter. Parvus Corporation is installing and running the Wi-Fi…

The Train Communications Systems 2007 in London next month will be looking at the global rise in demand for wireless connectivity aboard trains.The Train Communications Systems 2007 in London will be looking at the global rise in demand for wireless connectivity aboard trains.

“Suddenly train companies are being offered new and dynamic ways to make their services more profitable, more secure, more efficient and even more passenger friendly,” said Graham Wilde, CEO of BWCS, the consultancy which organized the June 6-7…

Wi-Fi in metro stations and on public transport always sounds cool. But think about this: if you were in a very crowded Moscow metro station, sharpening your elbows for a dash into the subway car, do you really have time to open your laptop and check Gmail?Moscow residents can now get Wi-Fi Internet access in their metro stations, thanks to telecoms provider, Comstar-UTS. According to one news report: The new project is part of the company’s strategy of creation of…

We’ve all been on those long plane-train-bus rides where we’d love to get work done but where’s the Wi-Fi? If you are traveling from Tallinn to Riga, there’s no excuse not to do work. Wi-Fi on a bus? It’s here. Listen to Cyrus Farivar talking about his trip to Estonia and the Wi-Fi service available on buses from Tallinn to Riga (Latvia), a 170-mile trip.

Why aren’t there more initiatives like these in other countries? I realize that it’s not…

A new application for municipal wireless networks was demonstrated recently at Wireless Fleet 2007 in Miami‚Äö?Ñ?Ætelematics. A new platform called WITS enables hundreds of times more data than traditional cellular systems to be replicated from host databases to remote fleets.A new application for municipal wireless networks was demonstrated recently at Wireless Fleet 2007 in Miami‚Äö?Ñ?Ætelematics. A new platform called WITS enables hundreds of times more data than traditional cellular systems to be replicated from host databases to remote fleets.

The new…

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking into providing free or low-cost Wi-Fi service on four of its commuter rail lines.The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority is looking into providing free or low-cost Wi-Fi service on four of its commuter rail lines.

This week the city’s board of directors instructed the agency to do a feasibility study on providing the service on the Metro Red, Green, Blue and Orange lines. Their report is due in April.

The authority considered a similar…