Microsoft Takes Muni WiFi Plunge w/ MetroFi and SkyPilot

In its first foray into the municipal WiFi sector currently occupied by search-engine giant Google, Microsoft Corp. said today it will collaborate with MetroFi Inc. on the citywide network for Portland. MetroFi will build and operate the network, using WiFi equipment from provider SkyPilot Networks Inc. , and Microsoft's MSN will act as the anchor supplier of local and national content plus advertising through its adCenter technology.