Cable Companies Eyeballing Muni Wi-Fi?
Municipal Wi-Fi maker Tropos said it’s in talks with cable companies about using the company’s wide area outdoor Wi-Fi networks, marking a potential turnabout as cable companies have been opposed to these networks as they compete with their already deployed cable broadband networks.
Cable companies will likely be the next service providers to adopt this technology, and eventually even the telcos will be forced to use ubiquitous Wi-Fi said Tropos’ CEO Ron Sege in an interview with Redherring.com on Wednesday.
While Mr. Sege declined to name specific cable companies, he said the cable industry is interested in this technology because it could give them a way to compete on the mobile front. Cell phones with Wi-Fi radios can make VoIP calls over Wi-Fi networks.
posted by Fergie @ 2/02/2006 11:17:00 AM
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