Annapolis Readies Wireless for Public Safety
Annapolis, Maryland, is taking the first step in a plan to bring wireless broadband to the city. The city recently contracted with Tele-Tector of Maryland, a local integrator focusing on security applications, to deploy an initial pilot for video surveillance.
From MuniWireless, January 30, 2008
Sprint, Clearwire Shares Rise on WiMax Report
The Wall Street Journal reports that the two companies have revived talks to form a joint venture to build a high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology.
From Reuters, January 30, 2008
Georgia Technology Authority Awards $600,000 for Savanna Wireless
The Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) awarded the City of Savannah a $600,000 grant to help construct the infrastructure and programming for the MLK Wireless Project.
From WSAV, January 30, 2008
United States: Broadband's Growing Need for Speed
Verizon Communications (VZ) has given no indication it will tap the brakes on plans to spend $23 billion installing fiber-optic cables to customers' homes through 2010. AT&T is investing $6.5 billion to $7 billion on its own version, U-verse, which involves installing fiber cables in neighborhoods, though not right up to homes, through 2008.
From BusinessWeek, January 28, 2008
Rural Vermont Towns Pool Resources for Fiber Network
Using Burlington Telecom's municipal broadband network as a model, 22 rural Vermont towns are poised to pool their resources and launch a fiber-optic project that could go online by the end of 2009.
From Burlington Free Press, January 28, 2008
Wi-Fi for Worcester-Boston Commuter-Rail Passengers
Worcester-Boston commuter-rail passengers will be able to surf the Web on their laptops, iPhones and hand-held PDAs as the MBTA starts a free high-speed Wi-Fi Internet service.
From Telegram & Gazette, January 28, 2008
South Carolina Task Force to Promote Broadband
South Carolina is plugging into broadband much more slowly than the rest of the country. At the end of 2006, 34 percent of South Carolina homes had a high-speed Internet line, compared with 46 percent of all U.S. homes.
From Post-Courier, January 28, 2008
Dade County Mayor Pulls Plug on Wi-Fi Plan
Instead of wireless Internet across Miami-Dade, the county will test free Wi-Fi at four public parks.
From The Miami Herald, January 28, 2008
ITIF Releases National Broadband Policy Report
In anew report, published in the current issue of the telecommunications policy journal Commlaw Conspectus, ITIF President Rob Atkinson articulates a national broadband strategy, including policies to ensure that all people and places have high speed broadband.
From Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, January 25, 2008
$137 Billion Broadband Investment Required by 2010
Consumer and corporate Internet usage could outstrip network capacity worldwide by 2010 according to a recent Nemertes Research Study.
From Nemertes Research, January 25, 2008
