Wireless Technology Speeds Health Services in Rwanda
Enter Voxiva, a United States company that has built a system that lets health workers send reports by cellphone directly from the field.
From The New York Times, March 05, 2007
EarthLink Announces Digital Future Program; Chicago
In conjunction with the program's formal launching, the company also announced its first pilot at the Featherfist Homeless Shelter in Chicago, where a computer lab with Wi-Fi service has been established -- the first of 17 to be established at homeless shelters throughout the city.
From Broadband Wireless Exchange, March 02, 2007
IBM in $4M Contract with Brownsville (TX)
IBM has entered into a $4 million agreement with Brownsville, Texas to develop and implement a WiMAX-Wi-Fi municipal wireless network that will primarily serve to improve operational efficiencies within city agencies.
From Telecommunications Magazine, March 01, 2007
Cleveland Wants Wi-Fi Network
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson today proposed to bring wireless Internet access to all 77 square miles of the city.
From The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, March 01, 2007
South Florida Tri-Rail's Wi-Fi Plans on Hold
Instead of selecting one of three companies to conduct a Wi-Fi test on the commuter rail, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority agreed today to work with Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, which are each looking at setting up their own Wi-Fi networks, to see how Tri-Rail could fit in.
From Palm Beach Post, February 27, 2007
Wireless Silicon Valley Attracting Carmakers
A grand plan to equip Silicon Valley with wireless Internet access is much more than WiFi for the average laptop - private companies like those in the auto industry are lining up to be a part of the ground-breaking plan, San Carlos Assistant City Manager Brian Moura said yesterday.
From San Mateo Daily Journal, February 27, 2007
Pew Research: The World of Wireless Widens
Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else.
From Pew Research Center, February 26, 2007
Saskatchewan to Offer Free Wi-Fi Access
The Saskatchewan government announced Monday its plans to create what it called the country's largest wireless Internet network, which will allow the province's four largest cities' residents and visitors to access free-of-charge Wi-Fi in the downtown core and post-secondary institutions.
From Business.ca, February 26, 2007
Realizing Los Angeles Vision Won't Be Easy
In Los Angeles, the city's Department of Water and Power actually owns the streetlights and any company setting up a Wi-Fi system would have to pay the city for using any of the city's 220,000 streetlights.
From Los Angeles Business Journal, February 26, 2007
Wi-Fi Digs in on Cape Cod
The number of wireless Internet ''hot spots'' has skyrocketed across the Cape compared to just a few years ago. Orleans is the most wirelessly connected Cape community after launching an Unwired Village project last summer, a collaboration between the Orleans Chamber of Commerce and the council.
From Cape Cod Online, February 25, 2007
