Some snippets on the "wireless city" theme | re BT and Wi-Fi and Microconnect Distributed Antenna (MDA)technologies | in Cardiff, Westminster, Lewisham
Westminster goes Wi-fi with BT
egovmonitor.com | Source: Westminster City Council | Published Tuesday, 24 May, 2005 - 16:00
Westminster City Council's ambitious Wireless City Project today moved a step further forward with the announcement today that BT has joined the City Council's Wireless City Partnership. BT will become the network infrastructure provider for the project, which aims to enable the Council to operate more efficiently and improve the delivery of Council services across the city.
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The Wireless City project was launched in April 2004 as part of Westminster's ambition to be world leaders in city management. It will be BT's responsibility to install the Wi-Fi network and a Microconnect Distributed Antenna (MDA) network across Westminster.
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Cllr Simon Milton, Leader of Westminster City Council said: "This is the first deal of its kind in the UK and will establish Westminster City Council as a world leader for technology and innovation. The Wireless City will benefit those who live and work in Westminster by improving the street environment through reducing crime and disorder, improving the delivery and effectiveness of council services and enabling us to maintain low tax through delivering significant cost savings. BT is the ideal partner for us, combining in-depth communications expertise with a strong experience of working with other local authorities to provide wireless technology."
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BT has also been working with several local authorities to explore, evaluate and document best practice in delivering wireless broadband access for local authorities and has installed wireless technology in Cardiff and the London borough of Lewisham. The Westminster partnership is the most ambitious because it will use wireless technology to transform a wide range of applications within a local authority, becoming a showcase for how a Local Authority can deliver the Government's Gershon efficiency targets.
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The Wireless City Partnership comprises Westminster, BT, Intel, Cisco Systems, Capgemini, Vertex, BTSkyNet and Telindus. The project's pilot will now extend from its technical pilot in Soho to include wider parts of the West End and the Churchill Gardens and Lisson Grove housing estates.
Full article here
+ For further on City of Westminster, Wireless City project see here
+ Intel press release, Westminster pilots "The Wireless City", 8 March 2004
BT, 3 offer new mobile delivery technology in Cardiff
pingwales | By Staff Writer | Friday, 24 June 2005
Excerpts:
Selected mobile phone users in Cardiff have become the first in the UK to benefit from a new mobile delivery technology.
Mobile network operator 3 is to take advantage of BT’s new microconnect distributed antenna (MDA) system that allows operators to share small antennas to provide enhanced service in city centres and heritage sites.
The new system is part of BT Wholesale’s growing portfolio of low-power, mobile-coverage solutions for mobile operators, aimed at minimising the visual impact of mobile masts and cabinets in towns and city centres. Together with other solutions being developed by BT, the MDA system will enable mobile operators to offer a greater range of new services including 3G video streaming and information and location-based services.
The new system uses low-powered BT antennas attached to, or housed in existing street furniture such as street signs, lamp-posts and CCTV poles. Each antenna is linked by BT Wholesale's fibre-optic cable network to a BT exchange which houses the mobile operator’s equipment.
BT has worked closely with Cardiff Council to design, trial and implement an MDA network for the city. 3 will make use of the MDA network in key locations such as Cardiff city centre and the entrance to the Millennium Stadium.
BT director Wales, Ann Beynon, says, “BT, 3 and Cardiff Council are leading the way in adopting this collaborative approach to mobile services in city centre and heritage sites and are building on the wireless city concept.”
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Councillor Mark Stephens, executive member for economic development and finance commented, "This is a very exciting time for Cardiff. Major IT providers such as BT are looking upon the capital as a key cost-effective city to pioneer technological advances and it's the people of Cardiff who are the first to benefit. This is exactly the type of local partnership we are very keen to support."
BT plans to deploy MDA services in selected cities during 2005 and 2006 in agreement with local authorities and in consultation with the mobile network operators, adhering to the Mobile Operators Association’s ten commitments.
Full article here
+ BT press release
BT in mobile technology UK first
News - BT in mobile technology UK first
Selected mobile phone users in Cardiff have become the first in the UK to benefit from a revolutionary new mobile delivery technology.
3 is the first mobile operator anywhere in the UK to take advantage of BT's new Microconnect Distributed Antenna (MDA) system that allows operators to share small antennas to provide enhanced service in city centres and heritage sites.
The new system is part of BT Wholesale's growing portfolio of low-power, mobile-coverage solutions for mobile operators, aimed at minimising the visual impact of mobile masts and cabinets in towns and city centres.
Together with other solutions being developed by BT, the MDA system will enable mobile operators to offer a greater range of new services including 3G video streaming and information and location-based services.
The new system uses low-powered BT antennas attached to, or housed in existing street furniture such as street signs, lamp-posts and CCTV poles. Each antenna is linked by BT Wholesale's fibre-optic cable network to a BT exchange which houses the mobile operator's equipment.
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Source here
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