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Report Includes:
Global Hotspot Forecast through 2009
with Breakout of Total and
Fee Hotspots !!!
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Introduction
The biggest question on everyones mind involved in the public access WLAN
business is "how does one run the hotspot business in a manner that
is sustainable and optimizes overall business objectives including revenue,
differentiation, customer satisfaction, and retention?" Mind Commerce
has taken a large step in answering these questions through its research
into the public access WLAN marketplace.
- Coverage of 47 worldwide public access WLAN service providers
- Comparison and evaluation of global hotspot operator plans and best practices
- See who has failed, who has survived, who has thrived and why
- See their business plans and what their strategies should now be for growth
- There is simply no other research 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.
Hotspot operator coverage includes:
NORTH AMERICAN
SBC
VERIZON
CONNEXION
T-MOBILE
IPASS
AT&T WIRELESS
WAYPORT
GRIC
STSN
BOINGO
PANERA BREAD COMPANY
HOTSPOTZZ (FORMERLY WI-FI METRO)
HEREUARE
SURF AND SIP
FATPORT
TOSHIBA
PRONTO
COMETA NETWORKS
CAFE.COM
SOUTH AMERICAN
IG (Brazil)
EUROPEAN
TELIA HOME-RUN
SONERA
TELENOR
BT OPENZONE
THE CLOUD (U.K.)
TDC MOBILE (DENMARK)
KPN (NETHERLANDS)
WLAN GMBH
METRONET (AUSTRIA)
MEGABEAM
APTILLO NETWORK
ASIA PACIFIC
CBCOM (CHINA)
CHINA MOBILE (CHINA)
CHINA NETCOM (CHINA)
SMCC Outlook and Recommendations
NTT-C (JAPAN)
NTT DoCoMo Subscription/Access Options
HANARO TELECOM
KOREA TELECOM
SINGTEL
STARHUB (SINGAPORE)
AIRBORNE ACCESS (PHILIPPINES)
AZURE (AUSTRALIA)
BLINK (EPLDT) PHILIPPINES
PCCW IMS (HONG KONG)
YELLOWSPOTS (MALAYSIA, ASIA)
This report answers important questions:
- 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?
This report provides additional valuable information including:
Profile of the types of hot spot customers and their usage demands and requirements
Hot spot usability assessment from the end-users perspective
Business case analysis for hot spot operation
Analysis of travel patterns in the US as they apply to hotspot usage
Case study review, analysis and recommendations for a total of 47 representative hot spot service providers
19 operators in North America, 1 operator in South America, 12 operators in Europe, and 15 operators in Asia.
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