All Wireless is Local: Boston's Hands-On Plans
Boston will tap a nonprofit corporation to blanket the city with "open access" wireless Internet connections. The plan, which envisions raising $16 million to $20 million from local businesses and foundations, is a striking departure from the business models used by other cities, including Philadelphia and San Francisco, which have turned over responsibility for their wireless data networks to outside companies such as Earthlink Inc. and Google Inc.
From The Boston Globe, July 31, 2006
The Phone Companies Still Don't Get It
The telcos' instinctual response has also been to fight new technologies rather than foster them. That's what happened in the skirmish over "municipal WiFi" -- the effort by cities such as San Francisco and Philadelphia to offer citywide wireless services that AT&T and Verizon fought (a struggle Verizon has largely abandoned but AT&T is still pursuing).
From BusinessWeek, July 31, 2006
Long Island Wi-Fi to Cover 1,200 Square Miles
Companies such as EarthLink - the Internet service provider building Philadelphia's municipal wireless network - and incumbent broadband providers Cablevision and Verizon will surely weigh in. Vendors have until Aug. 30 to reply to a request for expressions of interest, information and comments issued by Suffolk County on behalf of itself and Nassau County.
From Long Island Business News, July 28, 2006
Week in Review: Intel's 'Revolutionary Leap'
Intel celebrated a major milestone this week, officially closing the books on the Pentium era with its launch of the Core 2 Duo, the company's most important product to come out in 13 years.
From CNET News, July 28, 2006
Let Loose the Dogs of (Broadband) War
The outbreak of "broadband wars" in the UK - as big hitters such as Carphone Warehouse, Orange and BSkyB compete to offer us cheap or "free" internet access - is bound to boost this vital area of the economy. It will even help to fulfil one of the prime minister Tony Blair's long-forgotten promises (to the Labour Party Conference in 2004) to bring broadband technology "to every home in Britain that wants it by 2008".
From The Guardian, July 27, 2006
U.K. Police Lobby to Snoop on I-Telephony
The Guardian has learned that police and security agencies have been lobbying ministers and senior officials, expressing fears about the potential for voice-over-internet-protocol technologies to hide a caller's identity. Their aim? To get VoIP providers to monitor calls and find ways to identify who is calling whom -- and even record them.
From The Guardian, July 27, 2006
Nokia Testing Wi-Fi Calling in Finland
Nokia said Thursday that it had begun a two-month trial of UMA technology in the city of Oulu in west central Finland. The company has recruited 50 families who will test out the technology using the Nokia 6136, a Wi-Fi-equipped phone. The device is one of the first by the company to support UMA.
From BetaNews.com, July 27, 2006
Wagering on Wi-Fi: St. Clouds' First 100 Days
From Madison, Wis., to Corpus Christi, Texas, hundreds of municipalities nationwide are pursuing a range of strategies for delivering Wi-Fi despite legal challenges from traditional telecommunications companies wary of competition. The flurry of activity, however, belies a Wi-Fi market that remains mostly untapped. A standard delivery model has not emerged yet - if one ever will.
From FCW.com, July 24, 2006
Wireless Firms Attract Funds
Two European wireless companies announced Monday that they have raised venture funding, signaling growing investor excitement around WiMAX, an emerging wide-area wireless broadband technology.
From Red Herring, July 24, 2006
All Eyes on EarthLink and Anaheim
EarthLink Inc. has sky-high hopes for its new citywide wireless Internet network here. The company wants it to be a showcase, a shining example of how EarthLink can blanket cities nationwide with seamless high-speed Internet access without phone lines or cables.
From Cox News Service, July 23, 2006
