Muni WiFi news from FierceWireless

Earlier this year Earthlink announced that it was no longer interested in the municipal WiFi business, but after investing $20 million in a metro-wide WiFi network project in Philadelphia back in Read more...

> Muni-WiFi moving ahead despite Earthlink pullout? Read more...

After cutting 900 jobs and closing several offices in August, Earthlink now Read more...

Cities need to start taking an interest in using the muni-WiFi services they hope to bring to their citizens if they have any chance of saving the waning muni-WiFi trend. Read more...

> Alcatel-Lucent announced a $55 million CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A network deployment with Cellular South. Read more...

The ad-supported muni-WiFi business model is on life-support and several planned networks are in limbo. See this WSJ article. Read more...

> Philadelphia is conducting a hearing to discuss Earthlink's troubles and ability to construct a muni-WiFi network. Article Read more...

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, EarthLink's head of muni-WiFi projects, Don Berryman, is among the 900 employees EarthLink is laying off. Read more...

EarthLink's CEO Rolla Huff, who took the helm of the company in late June, told San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom that EarthLink was "not going to be able to fulfill their end of the Read more...

Google's first municipal WiFi network, which covers Mountain View, the town Google's headquarters are located in, launched one year ago from last Friday. Google reported that the network now includes Read more...