Public Access Wireless LAN Case Studies

This highly valuable and timely report focuses on the public access WLAN or "hot spot" market from a case study perspective.

There is simply no other report on the market of this kind. This highly valuable and timely report focuses on the public access WLAN or "hot spot" market from a case study perspective.

No other report focuses on the existing worldwide hot spot business from the perspective of the hot spot operators themselves.

Public Access Wireless LAN Case Studies will answer your most important questions including:

- What is working and what is not working in the hot spot market?
- What are the rational business models for hot spot operation?
- Who are the leading worldwide hot spot operators and why?
- Which hot spot operators will be successful for the long-term and why?

Structure/Outline

This report provides additional valuable information including:

- Profile of the types of hot spot customers and their usage demands and requirements
- Business case analysis for hot spot operation
- Case study review, analysis and recommendations for representative hot spot service providers in three continents including 11 operators in North America, 10 operators in Europe, and 12 operators in Asia. Among the service providers evaluated are Cometa Networks (North America), Swisscom (Europe), SingTel (Asia)

This report provides timely and valuable review, analysis, and recommendations about hot spot operators and their service offerings including:

Number of hot spots deployed
Hot spot operator strategy
Pricing structure
Partners
Outlook and recommendations

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Report Index:

1 Executive Summary
2 Introduction
3 802.11 WLAN Technical Overview
3.1 Evolution of 802.11
3.2 Physical Aspects of WLAN hotspot deployment
3.3 Security and the WLAN
4 Roaming and WLAN
4.1 Hand-over Roaming
4.2 Contractual Roaming
5 Business Cases for WLAN
5.1 High-Traffic Coffee Shop
5.1.1 Free Access within an Established Coffee House Chain
5.2 Established chain, high-traffic locale with access charged
5.3 Airport Deployment
6 Earning Money from a WLAN Hotspot Operation
6.1 Subscribers
6.2 Services
6.3 Mixed Harvest
7 Hotspot Operator Overview
7.1 Mobile Operator Revenue
7.2 Business outlook for the industry
7.3 Pre-requisites for the Success of WLAN Hotspots
7.4 Creating Success Through Widespread Coverage
7.5 Aspects of Failure
7.6 What lies ahead
8 Fundamental Questions about the WLAN Paradigm
8.1 Psychographic Profiles of the Internet Users
8.1.1 Business User
8.1.2 Average User
8.1.3 Youth User
9 Hotspot Typing and Business Cases
9.1 Enterprise
9.2 Cafes
9.3 Airports
9.4 Hotels
9.5 Apartment Complexes
10 Today's Hotspot Operators
10.1 North America
10.1.1 North America hotspot operators as of December 2002
10.2 Europe
10.3 Asia
11 Case Studies North American Hotspot Operators
11.1 North America
11.2 T-Mobile
11.2.1 Hotspots
11.2.2 Starbucks
11.2.3 Airports
11.2.4 Subscription/Access Options
11.2.5 Strategy
11.2.6 Outlook and Recommendations
11.3 Wayport
11.3.1 Hotspots
11.3.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.3.3 Strategy
11.3.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.4 Boingo
11.4.1 Hotspots
11.4.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.4.3 Strategy
11.4.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.5 Hotspotzz (formerly WiFi Metro)
11.5.1 Hotspots
11.5.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.5.3 Strategy
11.5.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.6 HereUAre
11.6.1 Hotspots
11.6.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.6.3 Strategy
11.6.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.7 Surf and Sip
11.7.1 Hotspots
11.7.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.7.3 Strategy
11.7.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.8 FatPort
11.8.1 Hotspots
11.8.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.8.3 Strategy
11.8.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.8.5 Toshiba (Computer Systems Group)
11.8.6 Hotspots
11.8.7 Subscription/Access Options
11.8.8 Strategy
11.8.9 Outlook and Recommendations
11.9 Joltage
11.9.1 Hotspots
11.9.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.9.3 Strategy
11.9.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.10 Pronto
11.10.1 Hotspots
11.10.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.10.3 Strategy
11.10.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.11 Cometa Networks
11.11.1 Hotspots
11.11.2 Subscription/Access Options
11.11.3 Strategy
11.11.4 Outlook and Recommendations
11.11.5 Café.com
11.11.6 Hotspots
11.11.7 Subscription/Access Options
11.11.8 Strategy
11.11.9 Outlook and Recommendations
11.12 North American Operator Summary
12 European Hotspot Operators
12.1 Telia Home-Run
12.1.1 Hotspots
12.1.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.1.3 Strategy
12.1.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.2 Sonera
12.2.1 Hotspots
12.2.2 Subscription/Access Prices
12.2.3 Strategy
12.2.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.3 Telenor
12.3.1 Hotspots
12.3.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.3.3 Strategy
12.3.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.4 BT OpenZone
12.4.1 Hotspots
12.4.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.4.3 Strategy
12.5 TDC Mobile Denmark
12.5.1 Hotspots
12.5.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.5.3 Strategy
12.5.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.6 WLAN GmbH
12.6.1 Hotspots
12.6.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.6.3 Strategy
12.6.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.7 Metronet (Austria)
12.7.1 Hotspots
12.7.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.7.3 Strategy
12.7.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.8 Megabeam
12.8.1 Hotspots
12.8.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.8.3 Strategy
12.8.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.9 Aptillo Network
12.9.1 Hotspots
12.9.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.9.3 Strategy
12.9.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.10 Swisscom
12.10.1 Hotspots
12.10.2 Subscription/Access Options
12.10.3 Strategy
12.10.4 Outlook and Recommendations
12.11 European Operator Summary
13 Asia
13.1 CBCom (China)
13.1.1 Hotspots
13.1.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.1.3 Strategy
13.1.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.2 China Mobile (China)
13.2.1 Hotspots
13.2.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.2.3 Strategy
13.2.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.3 SMCC (Shanghai, China)
13.3.1 Hotspots
13.3.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.3.3 Strategy
13.3.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.4 NTT-C (Japan)
13.4.1 Hotspots
13.4.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.4.3 Strategy
13.4.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.5 NTT DoCoMo Communications (Japan)
13.5.1 Hotspots
13.5.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.5.3 Strategy
13.5.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.6 Hanaro Telecom
13.6.1 Hotspots
13.6.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.6.3 Strategy
13.6.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.7 Korea Telecom
13.7.1 Hotspots
13.7.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.7.3 Strategy
13.7.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.8 SingTel
13.8.1 Hotspots
13.8.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.8.3 Strategy
13.8.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.9 StarHub (Singapore)
13.9.1 Hotspots
13.9.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.9.3 Strategy
13.9.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.10 Airborne Access (Philippines)
13.10.1 Hotspots
13.10.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.10.3 Strategy
13.10.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.11 Azure (Australia)
13.11.1 Hotspots
13.11.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.11.3 Strategy
13.11.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.11.5 Blink (ePLDT) Philippines
13.11.6 Hotspots
13.11.7 Subscription/Access Options
13.11.8 Strategy
13.11.9 Outlook and Recommendations
13.11.10 Outlook and Recommendations
13.12 PCCW IMS (Hong Kong)
13.12.1 Hotspots
13.12.2 Subscription/Access Options
13.12.3 Strategy
13.12.4 Outlook and Recommendations
13.12.5 YellowSpots (Malaysia, Asia)
13.12.6 Hotspots
13.12.7 Subscription/Access Options
13.12.8 Strategy
13.12.9 Outlook and Recommendations
13.13 Asian Operator Summary
14 Summary

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REPORT DATA SUMMARY:
Public Access Wireless LAN Case Studies
Publisher Name: Mind Commerce Publications
Date Published: 01/04/03
Number of Pages: 98
Category: Telecommunications & Networks
URL: www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/17422