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BT today announced that it now has the first of it's 12 Wireless City
networks up and running across the UK, beating it's deadline of March 31st.
It also announced the next set of cities to be deployed, these are Sheffield,
Nottingham, Portsmouth, Bristol, and Glasgow which join Birmingham, Edinburgh,
Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Westminster, which were named last
year.
These networks provide access to all the broadband services normally
available at home or in the office, but local authorities can work with BT to
develop new mobile services for citizens, increase productivity for their own
mobile workers and even provide information, such as available parking spaces
and cinema listings.
"We are delighted that we have met our ambitious target early,
but this is just the beginning. Other networks are already being
built. Many local authorities are keen to pursue the real benefits
to the council, businesses and citizens that a large wireless
broadband network can bring."
"A number of local authorities are already showing they can improve
productivity for their mobile workers, like environmental health
officers, who would be able to take action quickly and efficiently
away from the office" |
| Steve Andrews, BT Mobility and Convergence, |
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