MuniWireless

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…

Occasionally, we read stories that seem so rooted in the ‘where-have-they-been?’ department that they seem hardly worthy of comment. But when those stories appeared in such revered pages as The New York Times, they should be acknowledged. Last week, The Times caught up with trends in muni wireless following EarthLink’s pullback from the market, noting the diminishment of interest in digital divide programs and the shifting focus in the market. If you’ve been reading this blog, you already know about…

The city of Los Gatos, California has unwired its municipal network to provide seamless wireless connectivity around city facilities. The idea is to enable municipal workers to access critical city data and, at the same time, provide free Internet connectivity to the public in those areas.

According to city informtion systems manager Chris Gjerde the network figures prominently into the city’s plan for emergency preparedness. He cited an incident in 1989 when an earthquake rendered the town hall unstable and city officials…

Technology writer Jeremy Hsu, writing for the IEEE Spectrum, reports that widespread individual and corporate adoption of wireless technologies has produced a Wi-Fi cloud over Salt Lake City could be a “make do” alternative to a municipal wireless network. The article goes on to postulate “Such unplanned wireless networks could provide the foundation for integrated citywide wireless coverage without huge investments in new infrastructure.”

Ad hoc networks can be–and are–powerfully attractive in areas where public access is the only goal of a…

New York’s proposed state-wide public safety network has become the focus of controversy after first responders in Erie County found that a pilot operating in the county and the city of Buffalo did not meet their needs. This weekend a state legislator has called for a third-party investigation.

Erie County and Buffalo had agreed to participate as full partners in the state-wide network, expected to cost more than $2 billion, but rolled back their participation after tests of a pilot in…

BelAir Networks announced today that two of its new products that include 802.11n and support for the 4.4 Ghz frequency band are being used to deliver defense applications at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston (SSC Charleston).

According to a company press release, the two new products, the BelAir200D and BelAir100D Wireless Mesh Node for Defense Applications are customized for military applications and feature support for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology and other performance-enhancing features in 802.11.n.

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