June 16, 2006
Outline
• Wi-Fi hardware • Hotspot market
• Public Wi-Fi initiatives
• Other interesting Wi-Fi topics
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Wi-Fi hardware framework
Wi-Fi hardware today (1)
• Network devices
– Low prices
– All kinds and sizes (USB/PC Card/SDIO/PCI)
– Not standard in desktop systems
• Notebooks
– Almost standard
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Wi-Fi hardware today (2)
• Personal Digital Assistents (PDA)
– Price > € 300 standard equipped with Wi-Fi
– 10% Æ 14%*
• Smartphones
– # mobile phones with Wi-Fi is increasing fast
– Special Wi-Fi phones for Skype (VoIP)
– 4% Æ 9%*
* % of the employees have a pda/smartphone within a year. IDC, http://www.computerpartner.nl/articles/8358
Wi-Fi hardware today (3)
• Entertainment
– Hi-Fi, TV, beamers & media-(network)players
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Wi-Fi hardware developments
• Faster Wi-Fi chips (240Mb/s+)
– (802.11n, 2007?)
– RangeMax, MiMo, SuperG, Wireless N etc.
• More Wi-Fi (mobile) phones, pda’s etc.
Wi-Fi hotspots
• Where are we talking about?
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Hotspot market
• Locations with public wireless access points where you can connect your mobile computers to internet
• Worldwide > 115.000 hotspots 2.265 2.340 4.240 10.900 14.650 40.000 # Hotspots
Country Population # Hotspots per 100.000 United States 298.213.000 13,41 United Kingdom 59.668.000 24,55 Germany 82.689.000 13,18 France 60.496.000 7,01 Netherlands 16.299.000 14,36 Belgium 10.419.000 21,74
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population & http://www.jiwire.com & http://www.hotspotsvinden.nl (May 30, 2006) But how accurate is Jiwire?
Hotspot value chain
• Service/hotspot providers – Hotspot operators – Telecom operators – Mobile operators – Roaming aggregators Equipment manufacturer Network supplier Service provider End-user Virtual network operator Network operatorJune 16, 2006
Hotspot operators
Operators (NL) Nov-05 May-06 T-Mobile 486 730 KPN 410 761 Wjoy 197 221 Eurospot 179 179 Enertel Wireless 164 185 Mobilander 31 31 Other 232 Total 2339
Operators (BE) May-06 Telenet 1183 Belgacom 734 Eurospot 102 Coriotech 100 Orange 53 Proximus 45 Other 47 Total 2264
Source: http://www.hotspotsvinden.nl(May 30, 2006)
Hotspot locations
Location type (NL) Restaurant 709 32% Hotel 633 29% Café 260 12% Congrescentrum 125 6% Tankstation 100 5% Hotzone 91 4% Vakantiepark 87 4% Jachthaven 74 3% Bedrijven 69 3%Location type (BE)
Restaurant 456 21% Hotel 444 20% Auto diensten 343 16% Tankstation 174 8% Bedrijven 125 6% Other 116 5% Cafe 88 4% Sport 67 3% Vakantiepark 64 3%
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Hotspot user profile
“Is changing to include teenagers (Game
Console, MP3 Player), tourists (Digital Camera), consumers (Wi-Fi Mobile Phone), next to
mobile professional (Laptop, PDA)”
Trustive WLAN roaming research 2006. http://corporate.trustive.com/?page=research
Hotspot usage (1)
• Number of users grows three times/year • Usage also grows three times*
What is the average session time?
3% 15% 17% 34% 18% 12% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% <15 15-20 20-30 30-45 45-60 >60
How many sessions per hotspot per day do you have currently?
27% 36% 21% 6% 3% 6% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 0-10 10-50 50-250 250-500 500-1000 >1000
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Hotspot usage (2)
Source: www.instat.com/panels/pdf/2005/2005_june_hotspot.pdf(June 6, 2006)
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Hotspot roaming (1)
• International roaming is an important factor for success
Trustive WLAN roaming research 2006. http://corporate.trustive.com/?page=research
Avg. No. No
Yes Do you have roaming agreements
with:
4.4 58%
42% • international telecom operators?
2.7 60%
40% • local telecom operators?
3.4 63% 37% • international WISPs? 2.3 61% 39% • local WISPs? 18 van 24
Hotspot roaming (2)
With wich aggregators do you haveroaming agreement? 3% 1% 16% 20% 3% 19% 33% 40% 43% 45% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Trus tive iPass Boin go WeRo am T-Sys tem s Picopo int Roam poin t WBIA Othe r None
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Hotspot revenue split
Trustive WLAN roaming research 2006. http://corporate.trustive.com/?page=research
7% 12% 14% 28% 39% Current
How is your revenue split? In 12 months’ time
Vouchers 34% Subscriptions 31% Other 11% Local Roaming 11% International roaming 12% 20 van 24
Prices & subscriptions
• Pay per minute
• Pay for a specific period (day, month, etc) • 1 hour: ± € 5
• 1 month: $ 21.95 - € 100
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Other
• Merging infrastructures & pricing plans
– UMTS/GPRS/HSDPA/Wi-Fi
– Unlimited internet access for € 59,50 per
month (T-Mobile)
Wi-Fi communities
• 50 to 70 ‘official’ initiatives
• Goal: citywide network, apart from the Internet
• Good examples: Wireless Leiden, Zoetermeer, Haarlem & IJsselstein
• Problems:
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Other interesting Wi-Fi topics
• Wi-Fi in the train / on the highway
• FON: a Global Community of people who share WiFi. • Free-hotspots.com
– Switch For FREE
• VoIP
• Streetlight
