February 23, 2006 - Two of the six proposals submitted to the city would offer free access -- the one from the joint forces of Google and EarthLink and one from SF Metro Connect, a collaboration between Cisco Systems, I.B.M. and SeaKay, a non-profit group involved in developing community networks.
February 07, 2006 - Following the Sago coal mine explosion in Tallmansville, West Virginia, where 12 trapped miners died in the worst mine disaster in that state since 1968, U.S. experts have started to assess how new wireless technologies might mitigate such incidents in the future.
January 13, 2006 - According to the non-profit organization Public Benefit Broadband Inc., communities may be best served when public private partnerships take a regional approach.
January 03, 2006 - One small indication that wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and WiMAX are set to transform the digital landscape is the growing number of year-end top ten lists that now included wireless developments.
December 21, 2005 - Holley Metering Ltd., China's largest meter manufacturer, is now rolling out a new wireless automated meter reading (AMR) system for China's public utilities.
December 13, 2005 - In recent weeks Cisco Systems has unveiled what it described as the first "intelligent wireless mesh solution" that will make it easier for municipalities to provide high-speed wireless network and Internet connectivity services.
December 06, 2005 - The Wi-Fi Alliance and market research firm In-Stat announced that sales of Wi-Fi chipsets had already passed the 100 million mark for 2005.
November 30, 2005 - One of the high points of the World Summit on the Information Society, for both media and participants, was the unveiling of a "$100 laptop" by Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of the MIT Media Lab and UN secretary general, Kofi Annan.
November 23, 2005 - For the more than 17,000 participants who made their way to Tunisia last week to attend the World Summit on the Information Society, the chances are that the truly massive event was both more and less than they hoped for.
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