New ITIF Report: “Explaining International Broadband Leadership”
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has just released a new report examining in depth broadband policies in 9 nations, and concludes that while we shouldn’t look to other nations for silver bullets or assume that practices in one nation will automatically work in another, U.S. policymakers can and should look to broadband best practices in other nations.
Learning the right lessons and emulating the right policies here will enable the United States to improve our broadband performance faster than in the absence of proactive policies. The report analyzes the extent to which policy and non-policy factors drive …
NYCwireless Announces New Hotspot in Wagner Park
We’re very excited to announce the availability of our newest hotspot in Wagner Park at the south end of Battery Park City. This hotspot is a partnership with the Battery Park City Authority, and we hope will be just the first of multiple hotspots throughout Battery Park City.
Take a trip down to Wagner Park! It has one of the most beautiful views of New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Wagner Park Gets Hotter With Wi-Fi NYCwireless Comes to Battery Park City
NEW YORK, NY, April 24, 2008—Battery Park City Authority’s already hot Wagner Park is becoming even hotter …
IS4CWN ‘08 Opening Plenary Speakers Announced
I just received this email from Sascha Meinrath about the speakers that have been annouced for the 2008 IS4CWN conference:
IS4CWN is pleased to announce our opening plenary session will feature Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director of the UN Fund for International Partnerships and Agnes Callamard, Executive Director of Article 19.
Amir A. Dossal, guides the development of strategic alliances for the United Nations with corporations, foundations and philanthropists aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goals. He also oversees the management of the UN Democracy Fund (www.un.org/democracyfund) which aims to strengthen democratic institutions and enhance democratic governance in new or restored …
Doc Searls on Why Hotels and Airports Should Have Free Wi-Fi
Doc Searls (who wrote a great article in Linux Journal about NYCwireless in 2004) has a great blog post on the frustrating world of for-pay Wi-Fi in hotels and airports. NYCwireless has long said that public and semi-public spaces like hotels and airports (and parks!) have a lot more to gain if they make their Wi-Fi networks free and treat them as PR and marketing pages.
The problem here is that the Net is seen by too many hotels and airports as a way to make money rather than to keep customers happy. That’s because it’s seen as a …
Android Will Open the Mobile Space in 2008
Google’s Android mobile OS is an interesting new technology that will open up the mobile space in 2008. Bill Sobel blogged about the platform in conjunction with our Jan 17th panel “Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future Communications”.
Android will enable a multitude of new mobile applications. Along with the iPhone’s soon to be released open platform, which will enable anyone to build software for the phone, I expect 2008 to bring a number of new types of apps. Yes, we’ll see some tie-ins to OpenSocial and other social network applications, as well as some …
Special Event — Wireless, Wimax & Mobile 2008 and Beyond: The future of Communications
Bill Sobel, founder of NY:MIEG (New York: Media Information Exchange Group), has organized a very exciting and informative event on looking at where we are and where we are going with wireless communications technologies. The event, Wireless, Wimax, Mobile and Beyond: A Look at the Future of Communications, will take place on January 17 at SobelMedia World Headquarters, 4 West 43rd Street/Main Ballroom (West of 5th Avenue).
Event Website
Registration Required ($30 for NY:MIEG members, $50 for non-members)
Both I and Laura Forlano will be on the panel at the breakfast, along with Eric Bader, formerly the top digital executive …
