Wireless Internet Institute Launches W2i.com Web Portal
Multimedia Web Site Supports Peer-to-Peer Learning
on the Wireless Opportunity for Communities Worldwide
Boston. 05/22/2007 —
The Wireless Internet Institute, producer of the W2i Digital Cities Convention, today announced the launch of its new Web site, W2i.com, to provide public- and private-sector stakeholders around the world with an online forum to share best practices on the broadband-wireless opportunity for cities, communities and regions. W2i.com is designed to be the major Web portal providing local-government decision makers, agency executives, ecosystem members and institutional technology stakeholders with a firsthand understanding of metro-scale wireless infrastructure, applications, services, and state-of-the-art implementation strategies. The site has several interactive components, allowing users to: - search a global database of case studies,
- respond to expert blogs, listen to podcasts, view videos and read daily headlines
- download past event proceedings, white papers, and books
- identify weekly city and county Requests for Proposals;
- access focused Expert Zones on topics including public-private partnerships, the “user experience,” digital inclusion, education, advertising, and business-process reengineering; and
Key industry visionaries contributing regularly to the site include Berge Ayvazian (Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group), Phil Belanger (Principa, Novarum; former Chair, Wi-Fi Alliance), James Farstad (President, rClient), K. Anne-Rivers Forcke (IBM Research), and Costis Toregas (President Emeritus, PTI). Additional information on content and promotional opportunities is available at http://www.w2i.com/ "The broadband-wireless opportunity is local, but the knowledge base is worldwide. W2i.com harvests best practices from all five continents so that all can learn together," said Daniel Aghion, cofounder and Executive Director of the Wireless Internet Institute. "We're excited to offer this platform to the global community of stakeholders, and we encourage them to log on and enjoy the depth and breadth of resources on the site.”
ABOUT W2i AND THE DIGITAL CITIES CONVENTION
The Wireless Internet Institute (W2i) is an independent forum bringing together stakeholders around the world to accelerate the adoption of wireless Internet in support of social and economic development and better-managed cities. Held annually in three to four regions of the world, the W2i Digital Cities Convention includes a thought-leadership conference exploring the planning and deployment of broadband-wireless infrastructure, applications and services; practical training for local authorities; roundtables for wireless service-provider executives and digital-inclusion stakeholders; the annual Wireless Communities Best-Practices Awards; and a Technology Showcase produced in partnership with the public sector, private sector, and international development institutions. Building on conventions in Philadelphia, Shanghai, San Francisco, Bilbão, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, and London, planning is in final stages for Seoul (June 26–27), São Paulo (Sept. 11), London (October 16–17), and Washington, DC (Dec. 11–12).
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