RoamAD Launches 2007 Muni Wi-Fi & Public Safety Podcast Series
San Francisco, CA—-/February 14, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-RoamAD, supplier of the most advanced converged citywide Wi-Fi and public safety networks, today announced that it has launched the RoamAD 2007 Muni Wi-Fi & Public Safety Podcast Series.
The RoamAD 2007 Muni Wi-Fi & Public Safety Podcast Series comprises fortnightly interviews with muni Wi-Fi and public safety market participants, influencers, vendors, integrators, network operators, services providers and of course network users.
The objective of the global RoamAD podcast series is to shed light on and share new and innovative municipal Wi-Fi business models, technology issues and advancements, new applications as well as market trends from around the world.
The RoamAD 2007 Muni Wi-Fi & Public Safety Podcast Series comprises fortnightly interviews with muni Wi-Fi and public safety market participants, influencers, vendors, integrators, network operators, services providers and of course network users.
Published podcasts already include:
RoamAD Technical Discussion with Paul Siegerist of FDDI Systems (
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/node/88)
In this technical podcast, Paul Siegerist and Martyn Levy discuss FDDI's experience deploying 900MHz and 4.9GHz public safety networks that support mobile video streaming and other mobile applications. The podcast also touches on the benefits of the RoamAD's support for a modular hardware design for multi-spectrum wireless nodes, future-proofing your wireless network, and the importance of conducting detailed site surveys. The podcast concludes with a discussion on general trends in the municipal and public safety networking space. FDDI Systems is a RoamAD systems integration partner.
Interview with David Bortenstein, VP Sales for Omera, Inc. (
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/node/87)
Omera, Inc. (est 2001) is a new entrant in the citywide Wi-Fi market in North America. In this podcast, Martyn Levy interviews David Bortenstein, Omera's VP Sales. The topics covered in the podcast include Omera's novel and successful business model, its OEM partnership with RoamAD, citywide Wi-Fi network business models, and pricing for end user Wi-Fi access. The podcast also covers Omera's recent win in the City of Holbrook, Arizona, where Omera will deploy and operate a 15 square mile network in partnership with the city.
Fireside Chat with Craig Settles of Successful.com (
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/node/86)
Martyn Levy chats with Craig Settles. Craig is Chairman of the Wireless Cities Summit running in Toronto this week, author of the book "Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal Wireless", as well as being President of Successful.com, a wireless consulting company. In this podcast, Martyn and Craig cover such topics as issues surrounding muni wi-fi business models, the key drivers for the deployment of municipal wireless networks, obtaining ROI via productivity gains and efficiencies as well as revenue, funding digital inclusion, and key applications for municipal workers. Craig also talks about the current North American municipal wireless business model trends and signs off with his forecast for Muni Wi-Fi for 2007.
RoamAD Interview with Gianni Meloni of HiTel Italia (
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/node/85)
RoamAD CEO Martyn Levy talks with Gianni Meloni, Director of Business Development for HiTel Italia, a RoamAD OEM Partner in Italy. This podcast was recorded at the Wireless Cities Summit in Toronto on 23 January 2007. This podcast covers background on the City of Bologna's metro Wi-Fi network, the network architecture and deployment challenges, the network's business model, City of Bologna's plans, issues surrounding the digital divide in Italy, as well as HiTel's plans surrounding its upcoming deployment of 15 RoamAD wireless networks in Italy.
Muni Wi-Fi Market and RoamAD Technology Deep-Dive (
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/node/19)
Glenn Fleishman of Wi-Fi Networking News interviews Martyn Levy. This podcast covers recent trends in municipal RFPs and business models, RoamAD's converged wireless platform, the commoditization of hardware, use of multi-radio nodes as opposed to single radio mesh, 4.9GHz public safety support, infrastructure-mesh architecture, use of directional antennas in preference to omni antennas, benefits of open hardware architecture, WiMAX, and a whole lot more.
Go here
http://www.roamad.com/roamad/podcasts on a regular basis for new and updated podcasts.
About RoamAD
RoamAD supplies next-generation converged wireless networks for the metro Wi-Fi and 4.9 GHz public safety markets. RoamAD networks are unmatched in flexibility, technical functionality and economics. RoamAD's platform supports any combination of 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz in a four-radio wireless node configuration. Future software releases will enable support for 802.11n and WiMAX. RoamAD networks are remotely upgradeable and optimized to support mobile broadband data and mobile VoIP/VoWiFi. RoamAD is a trademark of RoamAD Holdings Limited. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). For more information see
http://www.roamad.com or contact press@roamad.com.
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