MuniWireless

Will we start seeing more ads on public transport Wi-Fi? Icomera, a vendor of cellular-to-WiFi gateways on buses, trains and ferries, has launched a service that brings advertising to mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. This will allow public transport operators make money,… Related posts:

1. Icomera reports 272 percent increase in Wi-Fi use on public transport
2. Free Wi-Fi on buses between Heathrow Airport and Reading
3. Icomera acquires Moovera Networks, extends product line for public transport Wi-Fi

I would like to thank the following companies for supporting MuniWireless in 2009 and 2010. These companies can also be found in the most recent guide on how to get a grant from the NTIA under Round 2 of the broadband… Related posts:

1. Buyer’s Guide: Product Vendors
2. Buyer’s Guide: Systems Integrators

The NTIA has awarded $5.9 million to the South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. Its S.C. “Reach for Success” project proposes to expand the capacity of 51 public computer centers and create 19 new computer labs at… Related posts:

1. Rhode Island gets $1.2 million broadband stimulus grant
2. More broadband grant awards announced today
3. North Carolina nonprofit ISP applies for broadband stimulus grant

The NTIA awarded $1.2 million to Rhode Island to expand broadband Internet access at 71 public libraries across the state. The grant is part of BTOP Round 1 funding for public computer centers. The NTIA has set aside $150 million… Related posts:

1. South Carolina gets $5.9 million broadband stimulus grant
2. More broadband grant awards announced today
3. Los Angeles gets $7.5M for public computer centers

The Chaska Herald has a long article on what is happening with the Chaska muni Wi-Fi network, one of the first in the US. It also reports on the municipal wireless networks in three Minnesota communities: Buffalo, Moorhead, and St.… Related posts:

1. Chaska, Minnesota citywide mesh wireless broadband network
2. Case Study: Chaska, Minnesota Network
3. Municipal Wi-Fi competes with DSL and cable

For 2010, Firetide forecasts 100 percent increase in demand for city-wide wireless infrastructure mesh networks but with a focus on municipal infrastructure rather than free public Wi-Fi applications. Eager for more and affordable capacity, municipalities will turn towards wireless infrastructure… Related posts:

1. Firetide raises $8.5 million in 5th round of funding
2. Company Profile: Firetide

Now here’s a very interesting use of Twitter if you are a cafe and want to get new visitors. Jaunted reports that they were Twitter-stalked by a Belgian cafe in Bruges. When Jaunted announced via Twitter that they were in Bruges,… Related posts:

1. Social life of wireless urban spaces
2. A reflection on Starbucks in the US: lack of cafe culture and the role of WiFi
3. Los Angeles citywide Wi-Fi plan criticized in the LA Times

Strix Systems is a worldwide leader in Wireless Mesh Networking with patented mesh algorithms and Layer 2 switching architecture that delivers the lowest latency, fastest roaming, and highest multi-hop throughput available. Strix’s Access/One products are the industry’s only modular (chassis-based) mesh… Related posts:

1. Strix Systems
2. Buyer’s Guide: Vendors: Strix Systems
3. Samsung makes “significant investment” in Strix Systems

The Rural Utilities Service has issued a handy application guide and a set of templates for people who are seeking broadband stimulus funds under Round 2 of the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP). The application guide walks you through the requirements… Related posts:

1. How to get a grant from the NTIA in Round 2 of BTOP
2. NTIA, RUS extend grant application deadline
3. NTIA, RUS receive over 2000 applications for broadband stimulus funds

Boingo Wireless announced it has signed an exclusive deal with global airport company BAA to be the sole provider of retail Wi-Fi services at six major airports in the United Kingdom. The airports to be powered by Boingo include London… Related posts:

1. Boingo adds 500 Wi-Fi hotspots in India
2. Boingo acquires airport Wi-Fi operator, adds 25 airports to network
3. Boingo takes over Sprint’s airport Wi-Fi networks

MuniWireless has published a guide for people applying for broadband grants under Round 2 of the NTIA’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). NTIA and RUS, the agencies running the BTOP and BIP programs respectively, revised their rules for round 2… Related posts:

1. How to get a grant under NTIA and RUS: guide available for download
2. NTIA delays broadband stimulus grant awards again
3. NTIA, RUS issue rules for second round of broadband stimulus funding

Yesterday, I posted a notice of public tender from Union City, New Jersey for their wireless camera project. The official bid document is on MuniWireless: UnionCamera-Bid Doc-v10e-Public Release If you are going to bid on this project, make sure that you contact the… Related posts:

1. Union City New Jersey: wireless network and camera project bid
2. Monticello, Florida seeks bidders for wireless network
3. Corvallis, Oregon issues RFP for citywide wireless broadband network

Union City, New Jersey, has issued a public tender seeking bidders to set up a wireless network with video cameras. Read the official bid notice below. [I posted the document today on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/26051646/Union-City-NJ-wireless-camera-project-bid] NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that sealed… Related posts:

1. Union City, New Jersey wireless camera bid document posted
2. San Marcos to issue tender next month
3. Monticello, Florida seeks bidders for wireless network

When we talk about broadband stimulus funds, we tend to focus on infrastructure: fiber, wireless, and the computers themselves (in public computer centers which are getting federal funds, too). Indeed, the US government’s primary goal in giving out billions of… Related posts:

1. USDA invites applications for distance learning, telemedicine
2. Muniwireless launches web seminar series
3. Gigabyte Virtual March on Washington DC

After months of rumor and speculation, Apple has launched a tablet computer called the iPad, which looks like a larger version of the iPod Touch and the iPhone. I watched the demo today and came away impressed. It looks gorgeous. The… Related posts:

1. Apple defies financial crisis: quarterly sales surpass $10 billion
2. Apple reports 15 percent increase in quarterly profit and record iPhone sales
3. The iPod goes Wi-Fi and finds a convert

After a year of aggressive market launches across the U.S., Clearwire Corp. is becoming fairly well recognized for its pioneering use of the wireless broadband technology known as WiMAX, the “Wi-Fi on steroids” technology that allows providers like Clearwire to… Related posts:

1. Clearwire NTK report for October, now live
2. Sidecut net neutrality report: Now free!
3. Clearwire Portland launch date: Jan. 6

San Francisco International Airport may start offering free Wi-Fi to travelers, as Oakland and San Jose airports already do. SFO uses T-Mobile (and its roaming partners like Boingo) to provide paid Wi-Fi access. I’ve used it many times when traveling… Related posts:

1. Why is Google worried about Verizon?
2. WiMAX test network launches in Amsterdam
3. Hotels pile into free Wi-Fi

I am releasing version 2.0 of my How To Get A Grant Guide next week. Version 2.0 contains the new rules issued by the NTIA and RUS for people who want to apply for the second round of broadband stimulus… Related posts:

1. NTIA delays broadband stimulus grant awards again
2. Borders Wi-Fi does not work with iPhone, iPod Touch?
3. How to get a grant under NTIA and RUS: guide available for download

AdMob (the mobile advertising network) says that in 2008, AdMob’s iPod touch traffic doubled on Christmas day and that the same happened in 2009, with iPod touch ad requests jumping 96% the day after Christmas: “AdMob’s usage data suggests that new… Related posts:

1. Borders Wi-Fi does not work with iPhone, iPod Touch?
2. iPhone and iPod Touch generate 43 percent of mobile web requests
3. Android increases share of smartphone web traffic, but iPhone still no. 1

Logan Airport has decided to provide free Wi-Fi service over the next two years. According to the Boston Globe, Massport (which runs the airport) has already recouped its investment. During the holidays, Google sponsored free Wi-Fi access at Logan. Now… Related posts:

1. Boston airport open WiFi network is NOT open
2. Ads enable free, faster Wi-Fi at Denver airport
3. Police cruisers go wireless in Logan, Ohio