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Wireless Wisconsin

Overview
Travelers and businesses increasingly have come to expect and depend upon reliable and sustained wireless connectivity that is relatively free of interference. Wireless applications in the public environment are on the rise. The State of Wisconsin, the City of Madison, Dane County and the Dane County Regional Airport recognize that public wireless systems will evolve more in the future and have joined together in a substantial effort to provide wireless access to complement existing cellular services in Wisconsin.

The Request For Proposal (RFP) Process
This process has two goals. The first is to solicit and choose a vendor to design, install, operate, manage, maintain and market a common wireless access system for the city of Madison and the Dane County Regional Airport. Second is to establish a list of vendors willing to participate in creating a Wireless Wisconsin. Local governments throughout Wisconsin will be able to choose a vendor from this list to design, install, operate, manage, maintain and market a common wireless access system in their area. The vendors on this list must be willing to establish roaming agreements so citizens can pay once and roam anywhere there is a "hotspot" in Wisconsin.