Going mobile on wireless networks
The company I am currently working for, Futur3 is actually small but trying to reach big targets at the same time.
We can be defined as a wireless telecommunication operator, but this is somehow not explaining well what we are doing. Thanks to a local government research project, the so called LUNA project, we have been able to deploy hundreds of WiFi APs in the main cities of Trentino, a small region north-east Italy and let the access to the web for free. Yes, web access for free and for everybody!
Actually, the company business is based on personalized advertising provided to users while they surf the web.
This network is really unique for several reasons. First of all it is all wireless: it is in fact a Wireless Mesh Network where nodes communicate in a multihop fashion in order to extend web connectivity throughout the city. Second, users can log in as they are connected to a WiFi hot spot, but as they move away from they can stay connected to the same network without doing anything. Finally, we are developing application and services for our users based that let them use the network not only as a free access to the web but as a localized intranet, strictly bounded to the territory.
I am directly working on the design and development of such mobile services, and this is what I have been always working on. This is why I called this blog “I do Mobile”!
