CI-Net project short listed for Computing Awards for Excellence
CI-Net is pleased to announce that an innovative project carried out for Solihull Community Housing has been shortlisted for the Computing Awards for Excellence 2008 in the Community Project of the Year category.
The Computing Awards for Excellence, now in their 16th year, recognise and reward the very highest standards of individual and collective achievement and are the most sought after awards in the industry.
The Community Project category recognises the best IT project completed during the past 12 months that uses technology to benefit the community. The CI-Net project short listed by the Computing Award’s 12 strong panel of independent judges is an initiative for Solihull Community Housing. This innovative project aims to bridge the ‘digital divide’ by delivering free or subsidized broadband to residents in council owned multi-storey housing blocks using CI-Net’s RedKite wireless ‘Leased Line in the Sky’ technology and distributing Internet connectivity to individual flats via electric plug sockets. It will also create a wireless hotspot area that Solihull Metropolitan Council can use to help attract local businesses to a part of North Solihull designated a deprived area
The winners will be announced at a glittering prize-giving ceremony to be held at the Battersea Park Events Arena, London on 5 November, which will be attended by more than 1,000 guests.
Click here to find out more about the Computing Awards for Excellence 2008
