The project will also be available to the general public. Seta said the general public today can log on to the service and use it if users have Wi-Fi capability on their laptops.
The city plans to expand the wireless connectivity in four more phases over the next few months and years, eventually reaching an area around the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, then near a medical complex on the outskirts of the city. In addition, there are plans to finally reach a university district and the Spokane International Airport.
The project was something of a natural for Vivato, which was founded in Spokane and maintains its 65-person research-and-development operation in the city. (The company, a spin-off from Agilent, maintains its headquarters and marketing arm in San Francisco.) Previously, Vivato had mounted a single-phased-array antenna on Tenderfoot Mountain in Salida, Colo., to get coverage for that city's police department.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
