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Westminster Council widens Wi-Fi network
News Westminster residents could soon get Wi-Fi access as part of Westminster City Council's plans to extend its wireless networking project. ZDNet UK reported in April 2004 that Westminster council was planning to extend its Wi-Fi network, after a...
[November 25, 2005, 13:45]
Westminster council bullish on Wi-Fi expansion
News A high-speed wireless network being rolled out by Westminster City Council will revolutionise the delivery of public services to citizens and could easily be copied by other local authorities across the UK, according to those closely involved with...
[April 29, 2004, 16:05]
Westminster council bullish on Wi-Fi expansion
Talkback Just a thought about the hacking of these cctv wireless networks. I would of thought that surfing for free would not be the main reason for hacking them, but criminal ( terorrist ) groups wanting survalnce on targets or to protect their own...
[April 30, 2004, 9:37]
Westminster council bullish on Wi-Fi expansion
Talkback I was under the impression that bobby's-on-the-beat were to have PDA's with video streaming capabilities. It seems (from this report) that they only get still images, thats a shame. I would like to see fuel-cell PDA's with WiMax capabilities - that...
[April 30, 2004, 0:03]
Union urges council staff to boycott biometrics
News A union has told members at Westminster City Council to refuse to use biometric devices for clocking on and off, due to concerns over consultation and privacy. We hope to introduce this technology as soon as possible, but this will only happen...
[September 11, 2008, 12:57]
Wi-Fi CCTV cracks down on rogue parking
News Westminster City Council is busy installing networked security cameras that can recognise parking permits and the number plates of offending vehicles. Parking enforcement is the killer application that everyone is looking for," said Vic Baylis...
[September 11, 2007, 12:31]
Wi-Fi means cleaner streets for Westminster
News Westminster City Council will be unwiring the Soho district of London in an attempt to cut costs and cut crime, it was announced on Monday. Apart from potential savings making their way back to the residents in the form of tax cuts, the council is...
[March 9, 2004, 14:05]
Westminster launches UK's largest Internet kiosk network
News Westminster City Council launched a network of 12 outdoor Internet kiosks today, as part of a growing scheme to close the digital divide in Britain. Westminster is one of the busiest areas of London, with an average daytime population of one...
[July 25, 2001, 17:30]
Westminster gets all meshed up
News Starting with a square mile across Soho and the West End, the entire City of Westminster will be connected by the end of 2008, a spokesperson for Westminster Council said on Monday. The long-awaited rollout of wireless connectivity across...
[November 27, 2006, 15:21]
Public Sector Programming Prowess or Paralysis?
Blog So with that ever so slightly cynical thought in mind, this week I met up with business analytics software company Applix to hear about their solution for Westminster City Council. The story is that in March 2007 eighteen initiatives to improve...
[September 20, 2007, 20:26]
Intel's wireless future
News We're involved in the Westminster council initiative and we've been involved in the US with a number of initiatives, but we're also involved in the emerging markets and in deploying technology across Asia and Europe.
[December 4, 2006, 12:53]
Friday
Blog News that Westminster Council is going to submerge Soho in a sea of 802.11b is quite a wake-up call to those who think that 3G phones will be forever safe from wireless networking, because the coverage will never be there.
[April 25, 2003, 16:16]
Big Brother?
Talkback Fortunately, I do not live in London and nor will I ever do so with the sort of surveillance levels that Westminster City Council is proposing. It is about time that protest was made against this practice by councils such as Westminster, before...
[September 14, 2007, 18:03]
LHC Win: Beaming smiles all round
Blog Just back from a Science & Technology Facilities Council event in Westminster to observe, via video-link, the first beam going round the Large Hadron Collider. As you by now surely know, this milestone was passed successfully, and very quickly.
[September 10, 2008, 11:15]
Government rewards e-innovators
News Projects covered include Liverpool City Council's text message service for frequently asked questions, an Internet TV scheme developed by the London borough of Newham and Westminster Council's wireless network.
[March 31, 2005, 9:40]
UK scientists express joy at LHC switch-on
News ZDNet.co.uk was at a Science & Technology Facilities Council event in Westminster to see, via video-link, the LHC being initiated. Atlas's development and construction benefited from a great amount of UK involvement, particularly that of the...
[September 10, 2008, 13:03]
Demon founder pleads guilty to email charges
News Dame Porter was a key player in the "homes for votes" scandal of the 1980s, under which council homes in Westminster were sold to potential Conservative party voters. This is the first time that anyone has been prosecuted under RIPA, according to...
[September 15, 2005, 12:50]
Cisco extends wireless reach of police
News In the United Kingdom, London's Westminster City Council also is using these products. The council hopes that the network will help reduce crime by providing real-time information to police. Cisco said the offering will allow police and other...
[June 23, 2004, 8:40]
Governments failed to foresee IT skills gap
News I'm not sure the government has been caught out, but one thing we have let slip by is: by concentrating on the change in the structure of employment and the decline in mainstream manufacturing, we've not been concerned with people at other [skills...
[October 26, 2007, 17:00]
BT to create wireless cities
News The cities taking part so far are Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool and Westminster. Cardiff and Westminster represent extensions of the scheme, as smaller Wi-Fi networks already exist in both places.
[May 17, 2006, 13:00]
