Countywide Applications Zone

County governments are turning to wireless to meet application and service needs for both urban and rural populations and terrains.

Blog Commentaries

• Pennsylvania: Rural Cambria County Upgrades 1970s Public-Safety Network to Spur Economic Development
  
• Washington, DC: Broadband and the Role of State and Federal Government
• Broadband Councils Launching in the Virginias
• Macedonia: Project Leader Tackles Incumbent Telco to Connect Rural Schools and Communities
  
• Michigan: Wi-Fi Network to Spur Countywide Economic Benefits
• Michigan: Washtenaw County Negotiates Win-Win with the Private Sector
• Brazil Builds on Broadband Momentum
• From Piraí to Paraty, Brazil Pushes 100% Digital State
• Q&A with Joe Mefford, Statewide Broadband Director, ConnectKentucky 

White Papers

• An Approach to Statewide Wireless Networks
• Broadband-Wireless Communities Best Practices
• The Service Provider Executives Roundtable: 2006 Series Overview 

Video

• Houston Piloting Wi-Fi-Enabled Parking Meters
• Tucson's ER-Link Connecting Ambulances and Hospitals

Audio

• Minneapolis (MN): Cost Reducing and Revenue-Enhancing Applications for Government
• Tucson (AZ) Using Citywide Wi-Fi to Enable Traffic Signals, Ambulance Video
• Medford (OR) Enhancing Public Safety and Public Work with Mesh Networking
• Westminster (UK) Video-Enabling Parking Meters to Increase Accuracy, Revenue

Headlines

• Town of Los Gatos (CA) Unwires Workers, Residents
  
• Municipal Services Drive Network in St. Louis (MO)
  
• Forsyth County (NC) Emergency Services Deploys Wireless

Solution Papers

• Build Versus Buy: Why Municipal and Industrial Organizations Should Own Their Outdoor Broadband Infrastructure