Wireless / Mobile / Broadband

DC Features

• Slow American Residential Broadband Speeds
  U.S. Internet speed is still behind much of the world's.
  
• Australia's Economic Stimulus Creates National Broadband Infrastructure
  Australia National Broadband Network reaches isolated rural areas.
  
• Broadband Stimulus: Economic Crisis Drives New Thinking
  With $7.1 billion in broadband stimulus funds on the way, the debate continues over how to build out the nation's broadband infrastructure.
  
• Overseas Wireless Deployments Offer Lessons for U.S.
  Community networks hold promise for replacing failed muni wireless projects.
  
• Leadership Interview - Jory Wolf
  Each year, American cities that excel in the digital arena are recognized by the Center for Digital Government through its Digital Cities Survey. As a result of its continuing leadership and innovation Santa Monica, Calif., ranked 1st in the mid-size city category. Digital Communities discussed the city's winning strategies with CIO Jory Wolf.
  
• Broadband Future
  Getting to the ‘core' of Metro Broadband Wireless -- The new case for the future of Municipal Broadband Wireless in the U.S. and Delray Beach, FL.
  
• Estonia Becomes E-stonia
  While many large U.S. cities stumble in creating free, city-wide Wi-Fi networks, the entire country of Estonia has managed virtually universal wireless Internet access through community participation.
  
• Municipal Wireless Success Demands Public Involvement, Experts Say
  Municipal wireless networks must focus on public good, not corporate profits.
  
• Sri Lanka -- Ingenuity Extends Mobile Communications in Remote Region
  In most parts of Sri Lanka, mobility is limited due to the high cost of public transport and irregular services. But the award-winning "eTuktuk" concept is bridging communal divides.
• Mobile Phone Payment System Blossoms in Kenya
  An innovative mobile phone money transfer service called M-PESA is already transforming the lives of thousands of Kenyans by increasing productivity and promising other major economic development benefits.

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DC US News

• Virginia Governor Appoints Tech Board Members
  Broadband Advisory Council, and the Wireless E-911 Board.
  
• Stimulus News: Broadband, iPhone Grant Finder, Libraries
  Free iPhone application to search for Arkansas ARRA-funded projects.
  
• Silicon Valley Fiber-Optic Cables Cut, 9-1-1 Among Casualties
  $250,000 reward offered.
  
• Research Seeks to Improve Peer-to-Peer Wireless Communications
  Lim's research seeks to develop algorithms and communication protocols that will make that process more efficient via in peer-to-peer networking.
  
• Emergency Plan Keeps Reno, Nev., 911 Service Operating During Phone Outage
  Used personal cell phones to initiate re-routing of the system through AT&T, and to send E-Comm call takers to Sparks to staff phone lines to support re-routing of calls to that system.
  
• No More Taxpayer-Funded Municipal Networks, Says Group
  "With all of the bailouts and pork projects taxpayers are already shouldering, the last thing they should have to pay for is a bunch of failed municipal broadband projects on top of it all."
  
• New York City Upgrades Radio Transmitter
  "NYC Media Group has done a phenomenal job transforming NYCTV into one of the most innovative and decorated television stations in the country."
  

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DC International News

• Australian Government To Launch Broadband Network: Largest Infrastructure Project in Country's History
  The country will invest up to AUS$43 billion over eight years to build the national broadband network.
  
• YouTube Training for Tiger Monitoring
  The Wildlife Conservation Society’s India Program (WCS – India) has released a unique training video on YouTube that showcases the latest scientific methods for estimating the numbers of wild tigers and their prey.
  
• Kenya Experiences Wind and Solar Powered Mobile Communications
  "Sites like this one have great potential for solving the African power-grid challenge of bringing mobile communication to those at the bottom of the economic pyramid."
  
• Eurojust Retracts VoIP Allegations
  Alleged that Italian criminals were using Skype and other IP telephony systems to sidestep police wiretaps.
  
• Mobile Internet The Focus of Industry Alliance
  An international standards group will promote a new worldwide cognitive radio (CR) standard that would allow new levels of performance in portable devices such as cellular phones and computers.
  
• Report Assesses Economic Impact on Global ICT Industry
  Innovation the key to recovery.
  
• France Wins GSMA Government Leadership Award for Broadband Policy
  "The story of GSM shows that, when Europe gathers the strength and the talent of its digital and telecom industries, it can lead the world."
  

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