Wireless Networks: The provider view

• Opportunities:

• cheap technology for ‘last mile’ and therefore a possibility to increase user numbers - 100 Euro per access vs. 1800 Euro per access (Source wireless Leiden)

• New value added services such as hotspots (Swisscom)

• Traffic reduction on Internet as wifi is independent

• Threat:

• Substitution of billable services (e.g. SMS, telephony)

• Substitution of expensive Infrastructures such as UMTS, Cable