Kite Networks Moving Ahead in Yuma
After May 1, people will be able to use two hours of free Internet each day at the West Wetlands, old downtown, Smucker Park and the Deyo Complex. They will need to provide a credit card to use it.
From Yuma Sun, February 10, 2007
ACLU Slams San Francisco Wi-Fi Plan
The ACLU of Northern California said in a letter to the supervisors on Tuesday that both EarthLink's paid service and Google's free offering would fall short of most of the group's recommendations on collection and sharing of personal data and possible tracking of users.
From Computerworld, February 08, 2007
“Get Long Island-wide Wireless Right”
Proposed municipal networks have been greatly ballyhooed in other places but ultimately fell short of expectations. That's why the decision by Suffolk and Nassau to go with a private-public partnership seems the smarter route.
From Newsday, February 05, 2007
Firetide Establishes Presence in China
Firetide, Inc., a leading developer of multi-service wireless mesh networks and wireless access points, today formally announced its presence in China to support rapidly growing demands for wireless infrastructures and mobile networking in China.
From Yahoo! Business, February 05, 2007
Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers
Meraki Networks, a 15-employee start-up in Mountain View, Calif., has been field-testing Wi-Fi boxes that offer the prospect of providing an extremely inexpensive solution to the "last 10 yards" problem. It does so with a radical inversion: rather than starting from outside the house and trying to send signals in, Meraki starts from the inside and sends signals out, to the neighbors.
From New York Times, February 04, 2007
Tropos Networks Signs Customer 500
Tropos Networks announced that Las Vegas, New Mexico will deploy the Tropos MetroMesh system in the city for public safety use, bringing the total number of Tropos customers to 500.
From Telephony World, January 31, 2007
The Wi-Fi Year in Review for 2007, and What to Expect in 2008
The full scope of the low uptake rates in cities that had large portions of the network built out also became clear: rather than 15 to 35 percent of residents subscribing, just a few percentage points would put a network in the top tier.
From Wi-Fi Net News, January 31, 2007
IBM Joins the WiMAX Forum
IBM has become a member of the WiMAX Forum, an industry-led organization driving the global adoption of standards-based, interoperable WiMAX products for the delivery of broadband mobile Internet services.
From CIO, January 30, 2007
U.K. Mobile Internet Use 'Increasing'
Mobile phone users in the UK accessed the internet via their handsets about 15.9 million times throughout December 2006, says the Mobile Data Association.
From BBC News, January 29, 2007
Davos: How to Wire the Third World
Here in the Swiss mountains at the World Economic Forum, the annual conclave of world leaders, concerns over a growing digital divide this year have taken a back seat to the challenge of climate change.
From New York Times, January 29, 2007
