Community Wireless Networks in Europe

Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the organizations that attempt to take a grassroots approach to providing a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for citizens and businesses.

This page aims to list the ongoing initiatives for community wireless networks in Europe.

EU

• CONFINE — Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet (FP7

project) — http://confine-project.eu/

Austria

• Funkfeuer, Vienna, Graz, Bad Ischl — http://www.funkfeuer.at
• LZB-Net, Hofkichen — http://www.lanzenberg.at
• Funkfeuer Wels, Wels — http://wels.funkfeuer.at
• Funkfeuer Linz, Linz — http://linz.funkfeuer.at
• Funkfeuer Traunviertel, Traunviertel in OÖ — http://traunviertel.funkfeuer.at
• Funkfeuer Salzkammergut, Salzkammergut — http://salzkammergut.funkfeuer.at/

Belgium

• ReseauCitoyen, Brussels — http://www.reseaucitoyen.be/wiki
• WirelessAntwerpen, Antwerp — http://www.wirelessantwerpen.be
• WirelessBelgie, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbelgie.be
• WirelessGent, Belgium — http://www.wirelessgent.be
• WirelessBrussel, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrussel.be
• WirelessLeuven, Belgium — http://www.wirelessleuven.be
• WirelessBrugge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrugge.be
• WirelessBlankenberge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessblankenberge.be

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• wireless.ba, United wireless communities in Bosnia — http://www.wireless.ba
• wireless.rs.ba, United wireless communities in Republic of Srpska — http://www.wireless.rs.ba
• saWireless, Sarajevo — http://sa.wireless.ba
• Viwa net, Visoko — http://vi.wireless.ba
• NEON Solucije, Kalesija — http://www.neon.ba
• BLwireless, Banjaluka — http://www.blwireless.net
• BDB@wireless, Banja Luka — http://www.bdb.rs.ba
• mo-wireless, Mostar — http://mo.wireless.ba
• LPwireless, LP — http://www.lpwireless.net
• BNWireless, Bijeljina, http://www.bnwireless.net
• NeumWIRELESS, Neum — http://www.neumwireless.org

Czech Republic

• CZFree.Net, Czech Republic — http://www.czfree.net/
• Czela.net, elákovice, Czech Republic — http://www.czela.net
• HKFree.org, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic — http://www.hkfree.org
• KLFree.Net, Kladno, Czech Republic — http://www.klfree.net
• LBCFree.net, Liberec, Czech Republic — http://www.lbcfree.net
• PilsFree.net, Plze , Czech Republic — http://www.pilsfree.net
• UNHFree.net, Unhoš , Czech Republic — http://www.unhfree.net
• KHnet.info, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic — http://www.khnet.info
• mh2net, Mnichovo Hradišt , Czech Republic — http://www.mh2net.cz
• Evkanet, Ostrava, Czech Republic — http://www.evkanet.net
• CZF-Praha, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.czf-praha.net
• Krivonet, K ivoklátsko, Czech Republic — http://www.krivonet.info/
• JM-Net, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.jmnet.cz/
• SLFree.Net, Slavi ín, Czech Republic — http://www.slfree.net/
• Gavanet, Varnsdorf, Czech Republic — http://www.gavanet.org
• AirDump.Net, ACzW, Czech &mdash — Wireless Community
• NobodyNet, Holýšov, Czech Republic — http://www.nobody-network.net
• PVFree.Net, Prost jov, Czech Republic — http://www.pvfree.net
• Svobodna Praha, Czech Republic — http://www.svobodna-praha.net

Croatia

Map of Croatian Wireless Networks, — http://www.mreze.org/

• Croatian Wireless Association, — http://www.hrfreenet.hr/
• VGWireless, Velika Gorica — http://www.vgwireless.hr/
• RiWireless, Rijeka — http://www.riwireless.net/
• Dugave Wireless, Dugave, Zagreb — http://www.dugave.net/
• PUWireless, Pula, Zagreb — http://www.pulawireless.hr/
• BSWireless, Baška, Krk — http://www.bswireless.net/
• BKWireless, Bakar — http://www.bkwireless.com/
• DJWireless, akovo — http://www.djw.hr/
• KAWireless, Karlovac — http://www.kawireless.hr/
• VRWireless, Vrbovec — http://www.vrw.hr/
• ZBWireless, Zabok — http://www.zabok-wireless.hr/
• ZDWIreless, Zadar — http://www.zdwireless.hr/
• WirelessKZ, Krizevci — http://www.wirelesskz.net/
• ZGWireless, Zagreb — http://www.zgwireless.net/
• Me imurje Wireless, akovec — http://www.mwireless.hr/
• Extreme Wireless, Varaždin — http://www.extremewifi.hr/
• OSWireless, Osijek — http://www.oswireless.hr/
• ZNET, Zagreb — http://www.znetonline.net/
• WiFiHR, Zagreb - Vrbovec — http://www.wifihr.net/

Denmark

• DIIRWB, Djurslands International Institute of Rural Wireless
• Broadband — http://www.diirwb.net/

Finland

• OpenSpark — https://open.sparknet.fi/

France

• Fédération France Wireless — http://www.wireless-fr.org/

List of French community — http://www.wireless-fr.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=8

• Lille sans fil — http://lillesansfil.org/
• Wifi Montauban, France — http://www.wifi-montauban.net/
• Toulouse Sans Fil, Wifi Toulouse — http://www.toulouse-sans-fil.net/
• Rural Area Networks Webring, http://ran.vaour.net/cgi-bin/ringlink/list.pl?ringid=ran

Germany

• Freifunk Augsburg, wireless community in Augsburg, Germany — http://augsburg.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk.net, Berlin a.o., Germany — http://www.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Bochum, Bochum, Germany — http://freifunk.das-labor.org/
• Freifunk Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany — http://www.freifunk-brb.de
• Förderverein Bürgernetz Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany — http://www.fbn-dd.de/
• Freifunk Halle, wireless community in Halle, Germany — http://halle.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Koeln, wireless community in Cologne, Germany — http://www.freifunk-koeln.de
• Freifunk Leipzig, wireless community in Leipzig, Germany — http://leipzig.freifunk.net/
• Freifunk Moers, Freifunk in Moers, Germany — http://dasinter.net/ffmoers/
• Freifunk Oldenburg, Freifunk in Oldenburg, Germany — http://freifunk-ol.de/
• OpenNet Initiative, Rostock, Germany — http://www.opennet-initiative.de/
• Freifunk Potsdam, wireless community in Potsdam, Germany — http://www.freifunk-potsdam.de/
• Freifunk-Ruhrstadt.de, Zone of the Ruhrstadt, Germany — http://www.freifunk-ruhrstadt.de/
• Freifunk Weimar, wireless community in Weimar, Germany — http://wireless.subsignal.org/

Greece

• Wireless Networks Association, National — http://www.wna.gr/
• Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network, Athens — http://www.awmn.net/
• Cyclades Wireless Network, Cyclades — http://cywn.dyndns.org/
• Heraklion Student Wireless Network, Heraklion — http://wireless.uoc.gr/
• Patras Wireless Network, Patras — http://www.patraswireless.net/
• Wireless Agrinio Network, Agrinio — http://www.wiran.gr/
• Patras Wireless Metropolitan Network, Patras Patras Wirless Metropolitan Network WANA, Amalias — http://www.wana.gr/
• Imathias Wireless Metropolitan Network, Imathia — http://www.iwmn.net/
• Wireless Network of Korinth, Korinthia — http://wnk.awmn.net/
• Messinia Wireless Network, Messina — http://kalamata.homelinux.com/

Hungary

• Hungarian Wireless Community, Budapest — http://www.huwico.hu/

Ireland

• IrishWAN, All-Ireland community radio project — http://www.irishwan.ie/

Italy

• Ninux.org, Rome, IT — http://www.ninux.org/
• eigenNet, Pisa, IT — http://www.eigenlab.org/
• NECO, Vietri di Potenza (PZ), IT — http://www.progettoneco.org
• Luna, Trento, Rovereto, Riva del Garda (TN) , IT — http://www.futur3.it/rete-luna/

Macedonia

• Skopje Wireless Community, Skopje — http://www.skopjewifi.com
• Macedonian Wireless Community, Macedonia — http://www.wifimacedonia.net

Netherlands

• Wireless Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands — http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/en/ and http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/ (Wiki in dutch)

Portugal

• Movimento Wireless Português — http://wireless.com.pt/
• Unimos — http://unimos.net
• MVNet Wireless wiki — http://moitasvenda.net/wireless/

Poland

• Outernet — http://outernet.pl/

Serbia

• BG Wireless, Belgrade — http://www.bgwireless.net
• NS Wireless, Novi Sad — http://www.nswireless.org
• VAWireless, Valjevo — http://www.vawireless.rs
• Uzice bez zice, wireless community, Uzice — http://wireless.uzice.net
• SuWireless, Subotica — http://www.suwireless.org
• WirelessAR, Arandjelovac — http://www.arandjelovcani.com
• Kruševac Open, Kruševac — http://www.krusevacopen.net
• Titel Mreza, Titel — http://www.titelskibreg.org

Slovakia

• SKFree.Net, Slovakia — http://www.skfree.net/

Slovenia

• kiberpipa.net, Ljubljana — http://kiberpipa.net
• wlan ljubljana, Ljubljana — http://wlan-lj.net

Spain

• RedLibre — http://www.redlibre.net/
• Guifi.net — http://www.guifi.net

Sweden

• Ipredia — http://ipredia.se/wiki/Huvudsida

Switzerland

• OpenWireless.ch, Bern — http://www.openwireless.ch/

United Kingdom

• Neoeon, Holderness & Humber, UK — http://www.neoeon.com/
• piertopier.net, Brighton, UK — http://www.piertopier.net/
• Bristol Wireless, Bristol, UK — http://www.bristolwireless.net/
• Kings Hill Wireless, Kings Hill, Kent, UK — http://www.kingshill.quickanet.com/
• QuickaNet Broadband, United Kingdom, UK — http://www.quickanet.com/
• Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, UK — http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk/
• South Witham Broadband, Lincolnshire, UK — http://wireless.southwitham.net/
• Consume the Net, London, UK — http://consume.net/
• free2air, London, UK — http://www.free2air.org/
• gmap, London, UK — http://londonist.com/2007/05/free_wifi_in_lo.php/
• Lancaster Mesh, Lancaster, UK — http://www.lancastermesh.co.uk/
• Manchester Wireless, Manchester, UK — http://www.manchesterwireless.net/
• TottonWireless.net, Totton, UK — http://tottonwireless.net/
• Boundless, Deptford, London, UK — http://boundless.coop/
• WLAN ORG UK, original ww promoting site — http://www.wlan.org.uk/
• Airzone Broadband, Essex, UK — http://www.airzone.net/
• SOWN, Southampton, UK — http://www.sown.org.uk/
• RHBMesh North Yorkshire, UK - http://rhbmesh.net
• WiFi Foundation, London, UK - http://www.wififoundation.org/

More information

For more information on Wireless Community Networks, check out this report by New American Foundation (2011)

To follow policy developments in the EU regarding spectrum policy, visit this page.