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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 gets all meshed up
News The long-awaited rollout of wireless connectivity across Westminster is to begin by the end of this year. 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...
[November 27, 2006, 15:21]
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 businesses get WiMax broadband
News It is starting slowly, though — its first base station will be installed in Westminster next week, and it believes it will need just three base stations to serve businesses in the Westminster area. We guarantee to cover 95.8 percent of the...
[March 21, 2006, 13:55]
3Com Case Study: University of Westminster (UK)
White Papers University of Westminster's main objectives was to implement a communications infrastructure that would ensure effective access to the very latest services and applications for many years to come. After rejecting edge switching products from other...
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
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. This is good news for the Westminster bean counters, but what about residents?
[March 9, 2004, 14:05]
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]
Westminster - The Wireless City: Improving Business and Services With WiFi
White Papers The Wireless City project aims to reduce the city's common social problems through the use of Wi-Fi technology, by improving efficiencies with the City Council and providing better services for the community.
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
So Westminster really put a lot of thought into the rollout of 2007
Talkback NOT
[November 27, 2008, 11:07]
Data protection breached by five NHS trusts
News Five NHS trusts — Royal Free Hampstead, Chelsea and Westminster, Hampshire Partnership, Surrey and Sussex, and Epsom and St Helier — have signed formal undertakings to process personal data legally in future, the Information Commissioner's Office...
[July 16, 2009, 9:40]
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]
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. Westminster hasn't consulted with the union before installing, although it intends to...
[September 11, 2008, 12:57]
MPs hit by Office 2003, Word 2007 incompatibility
News Microsoft is working with Westminster technology chiefs after politicians and peers complained of being unable to open the latest Word documents. Widespread wireless internet connectivity also beckons for Westminster, with the Lords' committee...
[November 27, 2008, 7:20]
Wi-Fi CCTV cracks down on rogue parking
News London's City of Westminster is to crack down on rogue drivers by using its Wi-Fi-based CCTV network. Westminster City Council is busy installing networked security cameras that can recognise parking permits and the number plates of offending...
[September 11, 2007, 12:31]
Euro telco super-regulator plan savaged
News The European Commission's proposal for a pan-European telecommunications super-regulator was widely derided at a major seminar in Westminster on Thursday. Delegates at the Westminster eForum consultation seminar on the EU telecommunications review...
[October 20, 2006, 17:00]
A call for an internet age speaker
Blog If you think that the recent scandal in Westminster over MPs' expenses has little to do with technology, barring the odd flat screen TV, you'd probably be right. One of the sites MySociety has produced, TheyWorkForYou.com allows you to see into the...
[May 27, 2009, 13:48]
NHS Trust Delivers Better Patient Care Through Integrated Data Warehouse Solution
White Papers The Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust provides mental health services to the boroughs of Brent, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, and Harrow, with additional services provided in Ealing, Hounslow, Hammersmith & Fulham, and...
[December 2, 2008, 23:00]
