Wireless Houston County Committee announced this week that they have successfully completed testing for their wireless broadband implementation. Siemens Business Services, Intel and Alvarion, leaders in the wireless broadband value chain, are collaborating with Houston County business, education and political leaders on this community-based initiative.
“Wireless broadband will deliver immediate benefits to our businesses, schools, hospitals, local governments and residents,” said Matt Stone, Chairman of the Houston County Wireless Committee. “The real achievement here is the unique partnership between our community and industry leaders to advance the project.” ll
As the program business consultant, Siemens Business Services was commissioned by the Wireless Houston County Committee to assess the county’s existing broadband infrastructure and deliver a report recommending an ongoing business model.
“The technology performed flawlessly during the test,” said Greg Richardson, National Mobility Practice Director for Siemens Business Services. “Evaluating wireless broadband technology within Houston County was an important milestone for the delivery of our report.”
Houston County, Georgia, will blanket the region’s 376 square miles in WiMax. Initially, WiMax service will be offered to businesses, later to residential customers. Intel has a white paper on 802.16 (pdf).
Georgia is getting unwired - fast.
- The City of Adel, Georgia (population 5,500), will have Municipal Broadband Internet service, from Navini has passed the 200 customer level. The new services provide high-speed wireless connectivity to area residents and businesses. Working with its technology partner, Tri-State Broadband, the Navini solution leverages the city’s existing fiber telecommunications backbone.
- Atlanta, Georgia is developing plans for city-wide Internet cloud which it will sell to end users via monthly subscription and day-passes. The project, called Atlanta FastPass, is expected to take three years and will start at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and the city hall. Biltmore Communications, a local ISP and cable provider, which already runs some local hotspots under the FastPass brand, will build the Atlanta FastPass network. The plan was approved this month by the Atlanta City Council. April 29, 2004
- Georgia’s Douglas County School System has begun implementing wide area wireless broadband technology from Navini Networks. Navini’s Ripwave base station, small client modem and PCMCIA wireless card will let students in Douglas County use their high speed Internet connection beyond school walls when heading back to class in August.
- The Wireless Athens Project was one of the first “wireless cities” and is used as a development lab for the University of Georgia.
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