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Albany New Yorker's just got a new reason to want to be outdoors thanks to Cisco Systems (News - Alert). The company announced yesterday they would offer their wireless mesh network to New York's capital for free outdoor citywide WiFi. Now residents, travelers and the city will all benefit from access to wireless regardless of where they are.

 

The services will be deployed and managed by Tech Valley Communications beginning with WiFi (News - Alert) services in "key strategic points of commerce and industry," a new release noted.

 

Cisco's ServiceMesh offers not only wireless access but also includes back-end components for managing and optimizing wireless services that take the burden of testing before deployment away from service providers.

 

This along with the Cisco Aironet 1500 Series, made Cisco Systems and appealing choice for the city. Not only is the Aironet 1500 Series built to specifically handle outdoor deployments including weather conditions, but it also includes built-in intelligence for self-healing whenever interruptions may occur.

 

Aside from a better experience for travelers and free WiFi for all citizens, the WiFi mesh network, once it is on the 4.9 GHz channel, will be used to improve the cities public safety, emergency response and other services.

 

"Wireless is the ideal platform for cities to deploy a myriad of new services that benefits their residents," commented Alan Cohen, senior director of mobility solutions, Cisco, in a statement.

 

"With a complete portfolio of end-to-end solutions, Cisco provides robust wireless broadband access, allows for inexpensive video surveillance and allows cities to use new mobility services such as location tracking, to better manage their key assets while lowering administrative costs."

 

Also this week, Cisco announced they would provide a WiFi mesh network to SingTel for the North region of Singapore. The seamless public-access wireless broadband services will also include 2,400 hotspots by May 2007.

 

 

 

 

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