MuniWireless

Hong Kong will be providing free Wi-Fi service in 2000 hotspots serving 350 government buildings, sports and recreational centers, and three public parks. The local government is working with telecommunications provider, PCCW and equipment provider, Aruba Networks, to offer the service to residents and visitors. The project is called GovWiFi and will take five years to complete. At present, more than thirty government facilities have been unwired; the rest will be finished before the middle of 2009.  Other uses of…

Lompoc, California is trying to make its citywide wireless broadband service work harder by attracting and keeping more customers. The city has replaced its previous network management system with a new one from Aptilo and claims that Aptilo’s system now allows to city to manage its network better, including being able identify where problems occur, when customers call in. The city has also stopped using outside firms to manage the network. Now, instead of needing 4000 subscribers to break even,…

Arriva, a train operator in Scandinavia, is offering free Wi-Fi service to passengers traveling across Denmark, starting with the trains that run between Aarhus, Thisted and Tønder in Jutland. Arriva carries more than 7 million passengers each year.

The backhaul for Arriva’s Wi-Fi service is 3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) from 3 (www.3.dk) (which is 60% owned by Hutchinson, a Hongkong based telecommunications company). Because almost all of Denmark has HSPA coverage, the Arriva trains will not use satellite as…

My friend, Om Malik, founder of technology blog network GigaOm, is putting together a conference about the latest trends in Internet infrastructure buildout. It promises to be an excellent event with speakers from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Sun, Facebook, Slide and many more. Panels and workshops address the methods that the new infrastructure masters like Google, Facebook, Meebo, Hi5, and Slide have adopted to ensure that they meet the needs of a rapidly growing network.

Find out also how, In a barren…

A New York think tank focused on broadband’s contributions to economic growth  has named the president and CEO of Cleveland’s OneCommunity “Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year for 2008.”

OneCommunity is a nonprofit organization focused on using information technologies to improve the quality of life and economic development in Northeast Ohio communities.

The  Intelligent Community Forum is presenting the award to Scot Rourke at a ceremony today in Cleveland. Rourke will address the ICF’s annual Building the Broadband Economy summit in New York City on…

It’s a bit behind schedule and somewhat over budget but, by the end of the month, Minneapolis‘ muni Wi-Fi network will be a reality. And, by all reports, folks there think it’s worth the wait. The network merited its share of attention last year following the collapse of an interstate highway bridge in the city, performing data communications services for first responders after the city’s cellular service failed to deliver.

The city’s choice of private partners seems to be the “secret…