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Is There Room for the Iphone in Government?
By Costis Toregas  Business Process Reengineering

The Iphone and similar breakthrough technology innovations can stimulate change and improvement in government services, but we need to inculcate an environment that accepts risk and drives productivity forward through worker participation. More



'City-scale' Means A Whole Lot More Than Infrastructure
By James Farstad  Value-Added Networks

Rolling hills and a canopy of trees are often featured with pride in visitor guides and promotional materials about great cities. These same natural wonders are not featured in the paradise of radio engineer's dreams. More


The World Database of ...Digital Inclusion?
By Anne-Rivers Forcke  Digital Inclusion

Metrics exist for measuring access to clean drinking water, electricity, and vaccinations against polio. But where are stored the data on digital inclusion? Who is measuring this, and to what end? More


Broadband-Wireless Business Opportunities
Graphic: Multistate LogoUSDA $8.9 Million for Broadband Grants to Localities Announced
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Connor announced the availability of $8.9 million in grants for communities without broadband service to provide residential service and connect facilities such as police and fire stations, health care, libraries and schools. More


Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Akron Police Seek Grant For Data Network
» USDA Makes $8.9M in Grants Available for Broadband
» Punta Gorda Says No to Free Downtown Wireless
» Toronto's WiFi Revolution Hits a Snag
» NewMarket Technology Announces Combination of VoIP and Wireless Subsidiaries
» AT&T Offers DSL Subscribers Free Wi-Fi
» NextWave Wireless Launches Latin American Business Operation
» Peak Internet Tests New System Using Albany Buildings
» WiMax Research Boom Hits Nortel
» Montana Cities Join Quest for Municipal Telecoms
» Rockville MD Awards Contract to Build Free Public Wi-Fi Network
» San Francisco Mayor Wants Suggestions for Fixing Muni Woes
» Mobile WiMax Commercial Launch Planned For Northeast Region In August
» New Report: Government Workforce Automation in a Municipal Wireless World
» Indianapolis Announces Large, Free Wireless Zone
» Aurora's Wireless/Fiber-optic Net Becoming Draw
» Australia Readies Gov’t-Backed Broadband
» Hatteras Networks and Pan Dacom Direkt Win in Germany with Mid-Band Ethernet
» Rio Rancho Postpones Axing Azulstar
» Moscow Firm Moves HQ to Phoenix as It Ramps Up Wireless Applications
» Vietnam Considers Building Computer-controlled City


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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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