Carrier Wi-Fi Operator Activity: North America, Japan, Korea, and Europe

Table of Contents

• 1. CARRIER WI-FI DEFINTION, DRIVERS, AND CHALLENGES
  • 1.1. Carrier Wi-Fi Characteristics
    • 1.1.1. Automatic Discovery, Selection, and Authentication
    • 1.1.2. Seamless Handover between Wi-Fi Hotspots, and between Wi-Fi Coverage and Cellular
    • 1.1.3. Control over Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE)
    • 1.1.4. Scalability and Network Management
    • 1.1.5. Intelligent Data Steering and Load Balancing
    • 1.1.6. Carrier Grade Security
    • 1.1.7. Location Based Services
  • 1.2. The Main Drivers behind Carrier Wi-Fi Deployment
    • 1.2.1. Data Offload
    • 1.2.2. Wi-Fi Ubiquity
    • 1.2.3. Unlicensed Spectrum
    • 1.2.4. Creating Competitive Differentiation
  • 1.3. The Main Challenges in Deploying Carrier Wi-Fi
    • 1.3.1. Intelligent Network Selection
    • 1.3.2. Uninterrupted Data Sessions
    • 1.3.3. Data Steering and Load Balancing
    • 1.3.4. Network Policies
    • 1.3.5. Roaming and Different Carriers Policies
    • 1.3.6. Site Acquisition
    • 1.3.7. Monetization
• 2. KEY PLAYERS IN THE CARRIER WI-FI ECOSYSTEM
  • 2.1. Standards and Organizational Bodies
    • 2.1.1. Wi-Fi Alliance and the Passpoint Certification Program
    • 2.1.2. Wireless Broadband Alliance and the Next Generation Hotspot
    • 2.1.3. GSMA
    • 2.1.4. 3GPP Access Network Discovery and Selection Function
    • 2.1.5. Small Cell Forum
    • 2.1.6. IEEE 802.1ac and 802.11ad
  • 2.2. Vendors and Chip Manufacturers
    • 2.2.1. Cisco
    • 2.2.2. Ruckus
    • 2.2.3. Ericsson
    • 2.2.4. Alcatel-Lucent
    • 2.2.5. Qualcomm
• 3. OPERATOR ACTIVITY
  • 3.1. U.S. Market: Cable Operators Lead
    • 3.1.1. Comcast and the CableWiFi Alliance
    • 3.1.2. AT&T
  • 3.2. Europe Market: Bound by Regulations
    • 3.2.1. Germany: Deutsche Telekom
    • 3.2.2. France: Orange
    • 3.2.3. United Kingdom: BT and O2
  • 3.3. Japan and South Korea: Technology Enthusiasts
    • 3.3.1. South Korea: SK Telecom, KT, and LG U+
    • 3.3.2. Japan: KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, and SoftBank
    • 3.3.3. Other Operator Activity in Asia
  • 3.4. Trends
    • 3.4.1. Municipal Wi-Fi and Government Influence
    • 3.4.2. Shared Home/Community Hotspots
    • 3.4.3. Wi-Fi/ Small Cells Integration
  • 3.5. Business Model

Tables

1. Network Discovery and Selection Features Provided by ANDSF and Hotspot 2.0

Charts

1. Wi-Fi-enabled Device Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2018
2. Carrier Wi-Fi Hotspots, World Markets, Forecast: 2012 to 2016
3. Wi-Fi IC Shipments by Protocol, World Market, Forecast: 2010 to 2018
4. Carrier Wi-Fi Access Point Forecast by Region, Global, Forecast: 2012 to 2018

Figures

1. Operators' Number of Hotspots
2. Industry Standards and Guidelines Roadmap

Companies Mentioned

• Alliance Corporation
• Boingo
• BT Group
• China Mobile
• Comcast Corporation
• Deutsche Telekom
• Ericsson
• GSMA
• KDDI
• Lucent Technologies Inc
• NTT