Wireless / Mobile / Broadband News and Articles

NYC Transit Uses Digital Maps and 3-D Modeling to Help Travelers

Add to My GT: Jun 20, 2008 - Web-based trip-planning tool uses Microsoft Earth and other advanced tools.

Missouri Prisons Going High-Tech Add to My GT:

Jul 18, 2008 - Fiber optics will allow institutions to have state-of-the-art computer network capability.

Local Government Group Forms to Promote 311/CRM Add to My GT:

Jul 17, 2008 - 311 service is making it easier for citizens to connect with their local government when they need help.

Virginia Governor Announces Telework Policy Add to My GT:

Jul 17, 2008 - About 14,000 state employees work some type of alternate schedule.

Mesh Network Creates Low-Cost Muni Wi-Fi for Kentucky Town Add to My GT:

Jul 17, 2008 - Project provides free wireless Internet in downtown Prestonsburg for just $8,500.

RFID Shows Potential in Africa Even as High Costs Remain Cause for Concern Add to My GT:

Jul 16, 2008 - New analysis finds that there is a particular demand for low-cost tags in the African environment.

Connecticut Republicans Push Telecommuting Plan Add to My GT:

Jul 16, 2008 - Only 140 state workers took advantage of the state's telecommuting policy last year.

Group Urges Congress to Move Forward on Broadband Mapping Add to My GT:

Jul 14, 2008 - Move toward a needed national policy of broadband deployment.

Portland, Ore. Restarts Wireless Service Add to My GT:

Jul 14, 2008 - "The free municipal Wi-Fi business model just doesn't work."

Village Phone Grant Competition Announced Add to My GT:

Jul 14, 2008 - Will provide $10,000 each to up to two organizations to launch Village Phone programs.

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request Add to My GT:

Jul 11, 2008 - Onboard sensor can detect temperature differences from less than one-half degree to approximately 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Maryland Announces New Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan Add to My GT:

Jul 11, 2008 - 700MHz communications system will provide much needed communications not only for state agencies, but also for local jurisdictions.

Governor Schwarzenegger to Expand Broadband Services Add to My GT:

Jul 10, 2008 - "This legislation will help connect California's cities to each other and to the world by growing our digital highway."

FISA Amendments Act Passes, Grants Retroactive Immunity to Telecommunications Companies Add to My GT:

Jul 10, 2008 - Termed "a shameful capitulation to the overreaching demands of an imperial president," by privacy advocates.

Feds Benefit From Wireless Internet Access, Says Study Add to My GT:

Jul 9, 2008 - Forty percent of federal IT executives report their organizations do not allow wireless Internet use.

The Conference on California's Future Add to My GT:

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