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Westminster to become first BT wireless city

BT has announced it has reached an agreement to roll out its first high speed wireless broadband network to Westminster after a successful pilot.

The local council has signed an agreement with Vertex Data Science Ltd, who together with BT will develop and provide applications over the network to improve council services.  Mobile workers such as environmental health officers will benefit from access to local council services on the move.

The network is to be extended over the next couple of years to provide extensive wireless broadband coverage to most areas of the city.  The rollout is the first of 12 planned wireless cities in the first phase.

Steve Andrews, BT Group, chief of Mobility and Convergence, said of the announcement:

“Westminster has been at the forefront of this project and the city council has enthusiastically grasped the benefits of a Wireless City for the council, businesses community and residents. Flexible working will help them and their large mobile workforce to get the most out of the wireless network.”

“The Wireless Cities project is part of our strategy to ensure customers are always best connected, wherever they are and using whatever device they want. When we launch Wi-Fi phones for BT Fusion shortly there will be whole areas of many cities where customers will be able to make calls and access their personal or business applications whilst on the move.”