Timothy Davlin, Mayor
Springfield, Illinois

Martin Levetin, VP Carrier & Municipal Networks
Strix Systems

• Shaping Communities through Municipal Wireless Networks is the "end game." This end-game involves the development and integration of self-sustained economic development, public and community safety programs that utilizes technology as the vehicle to advance measurable and attainable goals. The key stakeholders of the Municipal Wireless Industry must now support this end game and work with local government leaders to align with community leaders to best understand how wireless technology can shape the necessities of communities.
  
  
  
  
• Municipal Wireless Networks are too powerful to be ignored as hundreds of networks are being deployed throughout the world. Thousands within the next 12 months.
  
  
• Municipal Wireless Service Providers span across both large corporate juggernauts and small "niche" companies.
  
  
  • International cell phone carriers - Sprint and AT&T have recently taken bold moves to capture share of the municipal wireless market against internet search engines Google and EarthLink.
    
    
  • Smaller players such as MobilePro, US Internet and MetroFi (to name a few) are building momentum and have created alliances with emerging rural & urban local governments.
    
    
• Local Government Leaders have not been properly educated to make the best Municipal Wireless Network evaluation and deployment decisions.
  
  
• Economic Development through the Use of a Citywide Wireless Network is defined as follows:
  
  
  • Cost cutting initiatives due to high-speed connectivity
  • Franchisee agreements from Privately Owned Networks
  • Subscriber fees from Publicly Owned Networks
    
    
• Fragmentation exists between "the key players" to communicate the economic and public safety benefits of a Municipal Wireless Network upon it's deployment.
  
  
  • Wireless Equipment Manufacturers
  • Wireless Service Providers
  • Wireless Application Developers
  • Government Leaders
  • Economic Development Scholars
  • Public Safety & Community Agencies
  • The Wireless City (TWC)

TWC is the solution to align "the players" to communicate "one message" and unite resources to advance the educational movement and deployment of Municipal Wireless Networks.