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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 City Council To Save GBP35 Million (US$65.4 Million)
White Papers One of London's largest city councils, Westminster City Council governs more than 220,000 residents and 47,000 businesses that collectively generate 2.2% of the United Kingdom's GDP. To achieve this, Westminster City Council installed Oracle E...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Westminster City Council & Mobile Data
White Papers As a large employer of field based personnel, Westminster City Council has for many years been dealing with the challenge of communicating effectively with their off-site staff. The Council deployed "ruggedised" handheld terminals and tablet...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Isis Telecommunications Management Case Study: Westminster City Council
White Papers As a large employer of field based personnel, Westminster City Council has for many years been dealing with the challenge of communicating effectively with their off-site staff. The Council deployed "ruggedised" handheld terminals and tablet...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 Friday 25/04/2003News 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]
CityWest Homes Housing Officers Use Secure Mobile E-mail To Improve Efficiency
White Papers CityWest Homes (CWH) manages over 22,000 properties for Westminster City Council, through its 6 providers and 14 tenant management organisations. When the system is rolled out to as many as 120 housing officers across Westminster, it will allow...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
City Of Westminster Builds 'People's Network' Using Marconi Solution
White Papers To acquire the necessary capabilities, the Westminster Council initiated a network upgrade with a new ATM-based infrastructure developed by Marconi and its strategic partner Bull Information Systems. When the City of Westminster set out to support...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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]
City Of Westminster: Information Technology Department Strategic Plan
White Papers The purpose of establishing a formal strategic plan for the City of Westminster Information Technology Department is to provide a clear, comprehensive document to effectively communicate the City's technology direction, priorities and strategy...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
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]
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]
