Report Summary
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.
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.
Report Outline
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/
g. Cisco Outdoor Wireless Solutions -Deployments - OneCommunity/
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. T¨¹V 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.
