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The Rise in U.S. State Broadband Initiatives
By Hot Topics

A backlash by state legislatures against local communities and their broadband-wireless initiatives has come full circle, with governors around the country endorsing new broadband councils and task forces. W2i fields a beginning data base of high-profile initiatives and recent press coverage. More



State Role Is Key to Local Progress Especially in Rural Communities
By Bob Panoff  Community Needs & Technology Choice

Overarching processes are replicable, but because no one approach fits all community situations comfortably, they will need to be locally tailored. More


Broadband-Wireless Business Opportunities
Graphic: Multistate LogoPomona (CA) Awards Citywide Wireless Network Bid
On February 4, 2008, the city council approved the award of a contract to Cheetah Wireless Technology, Inc. to build, engineer, and operate a city-owned wireless network. More


Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Calls to Investigate New York Wireless Public Safety Net
» Qwest Seeks Broadband-Wireless Partner
» UK Seminars Tackle the Digital Divide
» Just Where Are the World's Undersea Internet Cables?
» California's Broadband Bridge to Nowhere
» Fiber to the Home a Gradual Inevitability
» China Vowing Broadband for 95% of Villages by Year End
» Foolish Forecast: Clearwire's Unclear Future
» Editorial: Minneapolis Wi-Fi Is Quieting the Critics
»  FCC Commissioner: Make Broadband 'A Higher Priority'
» Suburban St. Louis Wi-Fi Startup Finding a Niche
» EarthLink Narrows Quarterly Loss on Lower Exposure
»  Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s Universal Broadband Initiative
» Bidding Stalls Again on Key U.S. Wireless Airwaves
» Verizon Aims for 6-7 Million FiOS Users by 2010
» The Future of Municipal Wireless: Pittsburgh Case Study


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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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