Wireless Contact Calls for Savvy Strategy
There are three elements to mobile government, one that provides access to its services and interacts with its citizens by mobile devices or wireless access
From InterGovWorld.com, October 12, 2007
MetroFi Says Wireless Network Will Expand
The company that administers Portland's free wireless Internet system said a miscommunication with the city may have led to reports that it will no longer expand the network.
From Portland Business Journal, October 12, 2007
Honolulu Chinatown Provides Free Municipal Wi-Fi
The Chinatown Project is part of the mayor's Chinatown economic revitalization project and is the result of a private/public partnership with locally based company Kokua Wireless.
From News Release, October 11, 2007
Cable to Wi-Fi in Billings, Montana
Residents in Billings Montana are testing a municipal wireless hotspot that links Wi-Fi to an existing cable network.
From InformationWeek, October 11, 2007
Inquirer: Philadelphia's investment in Wi-Fi Looks Smart
Construction of the city's municipal wireless network is moving along well. The Wireless Philadelphia agency reports that the Internet signal now reaches about half of the city's 135 square miles and that the project is on track for completion by year's end.
From The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2007
South Africa: Broadband Should Be a Right
Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban municipalities are assessing projects to create digital cities by blanketing the area with a wireless network to carry voice and data traffic.
From AllAfrica.com, October 08, 2007
BT to Build World's Largest Wi-Fi Network
BT's three million plus Total Broadband customers will be able to join the FON Wi-Fi network, which already provides more than 190,000 hotspots worldwide. By doing so, BT's customers will effectively turn part of their home WiFi system into a public network, which other people will be able to access.
From MarketWatch, October 04, 2007
Lack of Funding Temporarily Stalls Gilbert (AZ) Network
Texas-based Gobility "has a proposal in to help us with our finances," said Gary Brown, the company's chief executive officer. The company should have an announcement within 30 days, he said.
From The Arizona Republic, October 04, 2007
Slate: Where's My Free Wi-Fi?
The basic idea of offering Internet access as a public service is sound. The problem is that cities haven't thought of the Internet as a form of public infrastructure that—like subway lines, sewers, or roads—must be paid for.
From Slate, October 04, 2007
Tucson Mesh Network for Ambulances Rolls Out
A $1.9 million federal public safety grant helped pave the way for the new wireless infrastructure. But it took more than money to make it work. It took sound business logic as well.
From Wi-Fi Planet, October 04, 2007
