Mobile Operators & WiFi Services

This publication has been discontinued on July 19, 2011.

Introduction

Mobile Operators & WiFi Services is a highly-focused research study that examines the market for wireless fidelity (WiFi) services, particularly in the Mobile Operators segment. WiFi, a wireless networking method, is set to gain significant ground in the telecom marketplace with advancements by standards organizations and chip manufacturers. This essential WiFi Flash Report looks at just those at the Mobile Operators role in the WiFi surge, a market segment once counted down and out.

Report Excerpt

Mobile operators entered the WiFi public-access market with a large handicap: their previous intentions in the 2.5G and 3G mobile-data environments. In Europe, there has been an epidemic of outrageous licensing agreements, and while the situation in the US has not been as bad, the sums of money being invested to build the new mobile networks are nonetheless enormous. Consequently, many operators initially shied away from investing in WiFi because it was thought to poach revenue from the mobile products. This fear was only exacerbated by the realization that the WiFi would mainly cut into the highest-value areas that mobile operators were counting on for the bulk of their revenue.

The perception among mobile operators that WiFi was harmful eventually dissipated, however. For example, mobile operator T-Mobile is now starting to move full-force into public-access WiFi, bringing their considerable financial and technical muscle, large customer base, and acquisition machines to the growing WiFi market.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I WIFI MARKET BACKGROUND 1

• 1.1 WiFi Market Background
• 1.2 Mobile Operators and WiFi

Section II MOBILE OPERATORS AND MOBILE NETWORKS

• 2.1 Public Access Networks
• 2.1.1 Mobile Networks
• 2.1.2 Operational Requirements and Standards
• 2.1.2.1 2.5G Mobile
• 2.1.2.2 3G Mobile
• 2.3 Major Network Operators

Section III WIFI AND MOBILE OPERATOR MARKET FORECASTS

• 3.1 Worldwide WiFi Equipment vs. Services Revenues
• 3.2 European and North American WiFi vs. Rest of World WiFi Services Revenue
• 3.3 Mobile Operator WiFi Services Revenue
• 3.3 Mobile Operator WiFi Services Revenue

TABLE OF FIGURES'

• 1 GPRS/EDGE Data Rates per User
• 2 Total Worldwide WiFi Revenue, 2003-2008 ($Billions)
• 3 WiFi Services Revenue: North America and Europe vs. Rest of World, 2003 and 2008
• 4 WiFi Services Market Share by Service Provider, 2003 and 2008
• 5 WiFi Services Revenue by Service Provider, 2003 and 2008 ($Millions)
• 6 Mobile Operator WiFi Revenues, 2003-2008 ($Millions)

TABLE OF TABLES

• 1 Frequency Ranges for Discussed Standards
• 2 Pre-3G Data Speeds
• 3 UMTS Versions
• 4 Total Worldwide WiFi Revenue, 2003-2008 ($Billions)
• 5 WiFi Services Revenue: North America and Europe vs. Rest of World, 2003 and 2008 ($Millions)
• 6 Mobile Operator WiFi Revenues, 2003-2008 ($Millions)

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