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Microsoft Director Sees Blueprint Emerging for Digital Inclusion in Cities
By Peter Orne  Wireless Government

Maria E. Wynne, Senior Director of the Office of Economic Development and Innovation, U.S. Public Sector, for Microsoft, believes that municipalities can better organize their digital-inclusion initiatives—to connect seniors and youth, ethnic minorities, and the marginalized—in a sustainable fashion. More



Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Provides Early Test of Wi-Fi Network
By James Farstad  Value-Added Networks

As the event unfolded, a number of immediate potential uses of the wireless network became apparent. More


Private–Private Partnerships Can Help Bring Technology to Governments
By Costis Toregas  Business Process Reengineering

Private–Private Partnerships (P2P) with software applications and communications firms could provide a strong lever to business expansion for broadband deployment companies. More


Broadband-Wireless Business Opportunities
Graphic: Multistate LogoOhio Governor Issues an Executive Order on Broadband
Ohio Governor issues an Executive Order on Broadband that directs state agencies to consolidate the patchwork of network services they are now using and run them over the Broadband Ohio Network instead to promote cost savings and efficiencies. No additional funding was provided. More


Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Knit Your Own Network
» Two Oklahoma Cities Poised to Reap Wireless Benefits
» Corpus Christi Wi-Fi Nears Completion
» WiMax Coming to Denver in 2008
» Ground Shakes Under San Francisco's Municipal WiFi Project
» Experts: Wi-Fi Eavesdropping Persists Despite Stronger Security
» Acquisition of UTOPIA Project Operations Announced
» Minneapolis Wi-Fi Makes Public Safety Point
» Eden Prairie (MN) Investigates Citywide Wi-Fi
» Acquisition of Denver Network Announced
» AT&T Signs Agreement with European Wi-Fi Provider
» Vermont Approves 3-Town Broadband Plan
» Gov't Doesn't Need to Own Broadband Internet Backbone, Says New Study
» Wi-Fi Network Eases Rescue Operations in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
» Glendora (MS) Partners with Firm for Wi-Fi
» Google-EarthLink San Francisco Wi-Fi on Hold
» Reps Boucher and Upton Introduce Community Broadband Act of 2007
» Massachusetts Announces $25 Million for Broadband Connections
» FCC Agrees with Google: The Airwaves Will Be Open
» Tianjin To Be the First Wireless City in China


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Published electronically every Thursday, the W2i Government Broadband Wireless Report (The W2i Report) explores the issues surrounding the planning and implementation of broadband-wireless infrastructures, applications and services for cities, communities and regions. The W2i Report features commentaries and interviews with CIOs, wireless field practitioners, industry experts, and local-government association leaders, as well as a dozen independent bloggers. It includes data bases on leading case studies, business opportunities (RFPs) and headlines. All broadband-wireless stakeholders — from local-government officials and IT managers to the ecosystem of equipment and application vendors and systems integrators — are encouraged to subscribe.







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