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Are You Dense Enough? 40 is the New 20 in Metro Wi-Fi Nodes
By Phil Belanger  Aligning Infrastructure and Applications

While Toronto OneZone's high access-point density may seem exotic — 105 nodes per square mile — cities planning a broadband-wireless network should begin with 50 nodes per square mile and adjust from there. More



Former Soviet States Seen to Emerge as Broadband-Wireless Hotbeds
By Robert Horvitz  View from Europe

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


Missing the Point About Government's Role in Telecommunications
By Costis Toregas  Business Process Reengineering

Paying attention to the primary uses of broadband and the potential of governmental services leading the way ahead of consumer uses may help the current uneven and confused deployment environment around local-government broadband wireless. More


Broadband-Wireless Business Opportunities
Graphic: Multistate LogoNew York (NY) Department of Education Wireless Management System Proposals due October 11, 2007

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is seeking proposals from vendors that can provide a comprehensive management system for wireless networks to support the growing wireless network computing in the New York City Department of Education's 1,200 schools.  Eventually, the plan is to wirelessly connect all 1,200 buildings.

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Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Will Wi-Fi connect in LA?
» New Licensed 6 GHz Microwave Wireless Backhaul System Introduced
» Safe Wireless Integrated Technology Systems for Mining Industry Announced
» Muni Wi-Fi Expands Into Peru
» Cisco to Establish Wireless Network in Shanghai
» Appleton Logs on to Wi-Fi Trend
» NKC Celebrates Fiber-Optic Network
» Outdoor Wireless System Deployed for Owensboro, Kentucky
» New Technology Converges Ethernet and TDM Traffic on Single, Wireless IP Stream
» Cable Wi-Fi Moves Ahead in Contrast to Stalled Muni Efforts
» Wireless Video Surveillance Provided for the City of Glendale, Colorado
» NLC Launches Monthly Newscasts and Web-Based Channel for Municipal Governments
» What's Eating Citywide Wi-Fi, Part 2
» EarthLink to Scale Back Commitment to Wireless Joint Venture
» Roanoke's Wi-Fi Lingers on Fritz
» Municipal Broadband Uptake Grows in South Africa
» Companies Heat Up The Race For WiMax
» What's Eating Citywide WiFi, Part 1


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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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