 Articles written by Robert Horvitz
View from Europe
In Troubled Times for Transportation, Bike-Loan Schemes Flourish with RFID
Public-private partnerships to make bicycles available for short in-city trips, at low or no cost, have spread like wildfire across Europe. Now they're catching on elsewhere. More
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Do Ubiquitous Networks Lead to Ubiquitous Surveillance?
If so, might comprehensive wireless coverage do more harm than good? More
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Interference Issues: Is the 2.4-GHz Band Reaching Supersaturation?
Are we close enough to saturating the 2.4 GHz band that overlaying a municipal wireless network might interfere with private WLANs? Without better tools for analyzing such situations — and for dealing with congestion — the answer might come too late. More
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Virtual Travel and the Fully Networked Car
The recent Fully Networked Car workshop in Geneva supplied ample food for thought about the future of transportation. Can intelligent transport systems (ITS) help in the fight against global warming? More
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In Europe, Trains and Restaurants Drive Wi-Fi Growth
The explosive growth of Wi-Fi in Europe's public spaces is accelerating, despite premature reports of its death at the hands of 3G. More
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Where Wi-Fi is Everywhere: Service-Provision Learnings from Estonia
With Starbuck's announcing free Wi-Fi service in its cafes and the FON and Meraki low-cost business models gaining increasing attention, "View from Europe" blogger Robert Horvitz takes us to a land where free or low-cost hotspot access has been a market reality for years. For years, Estonia's broadband-wireless evangelist Veljo Haamer has watched the in's and out's of ubiquitous Wi-Fi access and how this has shaped an increasingly competitive landscape for service providers. Can all these models and technologies get along? More
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Italy Shows That WiMAX Isn't "Just Like Wi-Fi Only Better"
The controversies surrounding Italy's upcoming WiMAX auction are a warning about the differences between these wireless technologies. More
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Tempered Enthusiasm, Realism at Wireless Cities Congress in Cannes
A cross-Atlantic best-practices dialog finds citywide wireless project champions reassessing cost-justification strategies and continuing debate on state-aid rules and EC limits on cities — with thunder and lightning at the seaside resort adding appropriate gravity. More
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Former Soviet States Seen to Emerge as Broadband-Wireless Hotbeds
The need to leapfrog tired and wired telecommunication networks makes today's CIS countries likely hotbeds for WiMAX and Wi-Fi development — so long as the respective militaries in these countries approve. More
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Spaniards Ask, Is Wireless Internet a Private Business or Universal Right?
Spain is an epicenter in the intense debate about whether local-government broadband wireless is a universal right or a private business. More
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