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Published: February 2008
88 Pages
Author: Robert Crago and PJ Louis
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Overview
Wi-Fi technology is advancing beyond the usage model of providing indoor, short-range wireless Internet access for mobile computers. The extended range of Wi-Fi access points for indoor and outdoor applications has the capability of coverage across entire campuses, thus eliminating wiring infrastructures for other types of electronic equipment. Applications and demand for new services will drive Wi-Fi to bring voice, data and video into the space of various offerings. Wi-Fi is evolving from a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) application to a broadband wireless service with a great deal of opportunities on a global scale.
How will WiFi hold up against WiMAX? What vendors are aggressively pursuing WiFi? What is going to happen to municipal wireless?
This report evaluates the current state of the WiFi value chain, vendors, service providers, and solutions as well as the future prospects of WiFi.
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Key Issues
Readers will discover that at the end of the day the revenue models ultimately
dictate what technology is deployed. The revenue models used to support
he original municipal Wi-Fi installations did not fail because of the technology.
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- About the Authors.
- Wireless Broadband Services.
- 1. What is a Broadband Service?.
- 2. What Kinds of Networks Support Broadband Services?.
- 3. Why Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE, and 4G?.
- 4. Network Value Chain.
- 4a. Network Value Chain: The Wired Network.
- 4b. Network Value Chain: The Wireless Network.
- 4c. Network Value Chain: The Handset
- 5. Our Focus.
- "The Wi-Fi Industry".
- (Part Two of Four)
- 1. Introduction.
- 2. Wi-Fi Suffers a Setback - EarthLink and AT&T Mobility.
- 2a. Running the Numbers - EarthLink.
- 2b. EarthLink - Update February 2008.
- 3. The Vendor's Perspectives.
- 3a. Global Outlook - Economic.
- 4. Vendor Profiles.
- 4a. Vendor Profiles.
- i. Xirrus.
- a. Xirrus Demo - Interop October 2007.
- b. Xirrus Deployment - Amelia Island Plantation.
- c. Xirrus - 802.11n System Info.
- ii. SkyPilot Networks.
- a. Skypilot Attributes.
- b. Skypilot - Deployments - Bahrain.
- iii. Cisco Systems.
- a. Cisco Mobility Solutions.
- b. Cisco Mobility Solutions - What It Is and The Benefits.
- c. Cisco Wireless Solutions.
- d. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions - The Focal Point of Cisco's Efforts.
- e. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions - The Technology.
- f. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions -Deployments - OneCommunity/OneCleveland
- THE Digital BRIDGE..
- g. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions -Deployments - OneCommunity/OneCleveland
- PBS Broadcasts to RTA Communters.
- h. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions - The Benefits.
- i. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions and Mobility - The Power of the Single
Number - Cisco Unified Mobility.
- 5. Service Provider/Carrier Models.
- 5a. The Wi-Fi Model - Alverno Information Services.
- 5b. The Wi-Fi Model - T-Mobile Wi-Fi/Cellular - Ahead of iPhone.
- i. Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) - Convergence.
- ii. T-Mobile and 3G..
- 5c. The Wi-Fi Model - AT&T Mobility.
- i. AT&T News - January 2008.
- 5d. The Wi-Fi Model - MetroFi
- i. MetroFi Services.
- ii. MetroFi Solutions - Digital Inclusion.
- iii. MetroFi - Example Network Deployment - Santa Clara.
- 5e. The Wi-Fi Model - EarthLink.
- 6. Test & Certification - Wi-Fi Products.
- 6a. Performance Testing Outlined.
- 6b. The Wi-Fi Alliance.
- i. Wi-Fi Alliance Authorized Certification Laboratories.
- 1. Allion Test Labs, Inc. (Taiwan)
- 2. AT4 wireless(Spain)
- 3. Bureau Veritas - ADT (Taiwan)
- 4. CETECOM (USA, Germany)
- 5. SGS Group (Taiwan, Japan, Korea)
- 6. Telecommunication Metrology Station (TMC) (China)
- 7. TÜV Rheinland Group (USA, Japan)
- 8. Wipro Technologies (India)
- ii. Wi-Fi Alliance - The Future.
- 6c. CTIA Test and Certification.
- 6d. Tolly Group Test and Certification.
- 7. Standards Impact - Wi-Fi
- 7a. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- i. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) -Technical
Details.
- 7b. International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- 8. Costs Impact - Wi-Fi
- a. Terminal Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
- 9. Infrastructure - "Steps To A Successful Wireless Broadband Network".
- 10. Market Analysis.
- a. Market Drivers and Revenue Forecasts.
- B. The Pros & Cons "Wi-Fi Profitability".
- 11. Technical Reference "Face-Off 4G vs. WiMAX vs. Wi-Fi".
- Summary and Conclusion.
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Robert D. Crago NCE – Mr. Crago has been in the communications industry
for over twenty years as a systems engineer, project manager and consultant
to enterprise groups, telecommunications companies and vendors providing
effective solutions. Mr. Crago’s consulting practice
provides clients with technology migration, consolidation and transformation
planning, implementation and integration processes having a direct effect to
the bottom-line. Mr. Crago’s success has
been in providing realistic ROIs to his clients. Mr. Crago is available for consultation and
custom research at Robert@MindCommerce.com
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P.J. Louis has over a quarter of a century's worth of experience in the telecom business. Mr. Louis is currently developing businesses in Asia and in the United States. Prior positions include Managing Director for Telecom Business Recovery in FTI Financial Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vice President of Carrier Marketing & Product Management at TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location services. Mr. Louis had also served as chief of staff for engineering in NYNEX (today known as Verizon). He has held a number of leadership positions within Bell Communications Research and NextWave Wireless. Mr. Louis is a former officer of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society - New York Section. Mr. Louis has been a senior member of IEEE for 26 years. Mr. Louis' experience includes leading sales and marketing organizations as well as technology organizations. Mr. Louis has been a featured speaker in telecommunications conferences and is the author of four (4) McGraw-Hill books; Telecom Management Crash Course, M-Commerce Crash Course, Broadband Crash Course, and Telecommunications Internetworking.
PJ is available to answer questions and offer related consulting and training as well as independent and customized research. PJ@MindCommerce.com |
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