Sizing up the Wi-Fi Opportunity for India
Chennai, Mumbai, Ban_ga_lore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Chandigarh are already contemplating going wireless. Intel is reportedly in talks with the Karnataka government for a citywide wireless umbrella over Bangalore. It has also launched a pilot with the Uttaran_chal government on the lines of Pune's wireless project.
From MoneyControl.com, July 10, 2006
400 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Planned for Paris
Citizens of and visitors to Paris will be offered free internet access over Wi-Fi networks, the city administration said this week. Street furniture will be improved to make laptop users more comfortable and the plan is to have 400 hotspots and city-wide coverage by the end of next year.
From PC Advisor, July 07, 2006
400 Free Wi-Fi Hotspots Planned for Paris
Citizens of and visitors to Paris will be offered free internet access over Wi-Fi networks, the city administration said this week. Street furniture will be improved to make laptop users more comfortable and the plan is to have 400 hotspots and city-wide coverage by the end of next year.
From PC Advisor, July 07, 2006
Pittsburgh Makes Its Selection
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has selected U.S. Wireless Online to design, construct and operate a Wi-Fi based, broadband Internet access system for the Central Business District/Golden Triangle, North Shore and Lower Hill District of Downtown Pittsburgh.
From Wireless Developer Network, July 07, 2006
Nokia, WiFi Salon Bring Access to NYC Parks
Nokia teamed up Thursday with WiFi Salon to offer free Wi-Fi access at 10 New York City parks. The free Wi-Fi connections will be available in Battery Park, Washington Square Park, Riverside Park, Union Square, and eight locations in Central Park in Manhattan; Prospect Park in Brooklyn; Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens; and Orchard Beach, Van Cortlandt Park, and Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx.
From Red Herring, July 06, 2006
Minnesota Suburb Blazes Wi-Fi Trail
Chaska, just like big-city brethren Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco, pitched Wi-Fi as a way to bring high-speed wireless to residents who otherwise might not be able to afford it or might not want to pay for it at about $40 per month.
From Chicago Tribune, July 06, 2006
City to Get Wi-Fi Bandwidth by Year End
Having already become the first city in the country to have successfully tried out a public-private partnership in solving the power situation, Pune will now make another attempt to try it out to become the first WiFi city.
From Pune Newsline, July 06, 2006
Striking Up the Band for Municipal Wi-Fi
To be sure, municipal Wi-Fi is a state- and nationwide trend that is "increasing exponentially." That's how a backer put it at an Oak Brook conference this week where representatives from an estimated 60 municipalities gathered to hear how one city, Aurora, will have its Wi-Fi cloud up and blanketing the downtown area by mid-August and the whole city within another four to seven months.
From Chicago Tribune, June 30, 2006
EarthLink Signs Up AOL, DirecTV
EarthLink Inc. said Thursday it signed up Time Warner Inc. Internet unit AOL and DirecTV Group Inc. as buyers of Internet service on the municipal Wi-Fi networks EarthLink is building in several cities.
From FoxNews, June 30, 2006
Taipei's Municipal Wi-Fi Network Is World's Largest
JiWire, the Wi-Fi hotspot authority, announced that its independent research and field audit of Taipei's municipal Wi-Fi network showed it to be the largest in the world, covering the greatest area and serving the largest population. Taipei's 134-square-kilometer downtown area, home to nearly 90% of the city's 2.6 million people, is covered in a "blanket of Wi-Fi."
From JiWire, June 29, 2006
