Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Houston Business Journal - by Christine Hall
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The city of Houston will finally get its long-awaited wireless Internet services.
Israel-based Alvarion Ltd., which has been running a pilot program in Houston for a year, has deployed a 4G municipal network as part of the "smart city" project. ...
...Alvarion is providing 70 towers that cover up to two miles of urban area, according to Raja Gopal, director of marketing for Alvarion North America. In addition, there will be devices on the street level for traffic lights. ...
...Replacing T1 connections with WiMAX service at more than 500 city facilities, thereby reducing costs related to the T1 connections...

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