Australia - WiFi Hot Spot Market Overview and Analyses

Synopsis

WiFi has established itself as the quiet achiever in wireless broadband and is set to continue to play a key role in new meshed wireless broadband developments. Service providers are exploring the unlicensed spectrum bands (eg the 2.4GHz spectrum) for applications such as high-speed wireless broadband, LAN and WLL services for data. This report considers and analyses one variant of the technology – IEEE 802.11.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. WiFi market in 2008 – analysis
  
• 3. Market statistics
  
  • 3.1 User statistics
    
  • 3.2 Hotspot statistics
    
• 4. IEEE 802.11 - WiFi
  
• 5. Regulatory issues
  
  • 5.1 Unlicensed
    
  • 5.2 Amateurs and hobbyists
    
• 6. Industry analyses – 2008
  
  • 6.1 Public hotspots for consumers a waste of money
    
  • 6.2 Wireless broadband – mobile integration (4G)
    
• 7. Market analyses – 2008
  
  • 7.1 Great niche market opportunities
    
  • 7.2 Build your own WiFi business
    
  • 7.3 Holiday destination market
    
• 8. Meshed networks
  
• 9. Technology – wireless – broadband
  
• 10. Related reports
  
  • 10.1 Market reports
    
  • 10.2 Technology reports