“…WIDENS is a co-operative project involving European industries and universities. The project is supported by the European Commission under the IST Framework Programme 6. The overall objective of the WIDENS project is to design, prototype and validate a high data-rate, rapidly deployable and scalable wireless ad-hoc communication system for future public safety, emergency and disaster applications…”
via Worldchanging

“…WIDENS is a co-operative project involving European industries and universities. The project is supported by the European Commission under the IST Framework Programme 6. The overall objective of the WIDENS project is to design, prototype and validate a high data-rate, rapidly deployable and scalable wireless ad-hoc communication system for future public safety, emergency and disaster [...]