MuniWireless

On June 3, 2008 Oklahoma City is launching what it claims to be the largest city-owned municipal Wi-Fi mesh network in the world. The network, which went live in September 2006 and has been improved and expanded since that time, will be used only for public safety and municipal applications; it is not open to the public for Internet access.

The city paid $5 million for the network out of public safety capital sales tax and city capital improvement funds. The…

Clovis, Calif., is eager to deploy a municipal network. It is negotiating with MetroFi to provide free Wi-Fi Internet access to all residents, has a back-up vendor if those talks fail, and is also considering building the network itself.Clovis, Calif., is negotiating with MetroFi to provide free Wi-Fi Internet access to all its residents.

The city council authorized the talks in April and evidently is eager to get to its goal. The council has already approved approaching Azulstar, working with Tropos…

The initial build-out of an advanced wireless mesh network in Marina del Rey, Calif., is complete.The initial build-out of an advanced wireless mesh network in Marina del Rey, Calif., is complete.

Planet Halo, a subsidiary of Concierge Technologies, announced the completion today. Planet Halo is working with WirelessVillage, a privately-held Ohio company as its development partner to oversee the installation, operate the network’s NOC, and provide customer service. The network uses Tropos Networks’ MESH technology for licensed and unlicensed frequencies.

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