Wi-Fi in the Netherlands

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1 Wi-Fi in the Netherlands Gerd-Jan de Leeuw Msc Candidate SEPAM TU DELFT The Wi-Fi Research Program

2 Outline Wi-Fi hardware Hotspot market Public Wi-Fi initiatives Other interesting Wi-Fi topics 2 van 24

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4 Wi-Fi hardware framework 4 van 24

5 Wi-Fi hardware today (1) Network devices Low prices All kinds and sizes (USB/PC Card/SDIO/PCI) Not standard in desktop systems Notebooks Almost standard Older types easy to upgrade 22% 29%* * % of the employees have a notebook within a year. IDC, 5 van 24

6 Wi-Fi hardware today (2) Personal Digital Assistents (PDA) Price > 300 standard equipped with Wi-Fi 10% 14%* Smartphones # mobile phones with Wi-Fi is increasing fast Special Wi-Fi phones for Skype (VoIP) 4% 9%* * % of the employees have a pda/smartphone within a year. IDC, 6 van 24

7 Wi-Fi hardware today (3) Entertainment Hi-Fi, TV, beamers & media-(network)players Game consoles (Nintendo DS, PSP, etc.) 7 van 24

8 Wi-Fi hardware developments Faster Wi-Fi chips (240Mb/s+) (802.11n, 2007?) RangeMax, MiMo, SuperG, Wireless N etc. More Wi-Fi (mobile) phones, pda s etc. 8 van 24

9 Wi-Fi hotspots Where are we talking about? Short animation from Belgacom 9 van 24

10 Hotspot market Locations with public wireless access points where you can connect your mobile computers to internet Worldwide > hotspots Country Population # Hotspots # Hotspots per United States ,41 United Kingdom ,55 Germany ,18 France ,01 Netherlands ,36 Belgium ,74 10 van 24 Sources: & & (May 30, 2006) But how accurate is Jiwire?

11 Hotspot value chain Equipment manufacturer Network supplier Network operator Virtual network operator Service provider End-user Service/hotspot providers Hotspot operators Telecom operators Mobile operators Roaming aggregators 11 van 24

12 Hotspot operators Operators (NL) Nov-05 May-06 T-Mobile KPN Wjoy Eurospot Enertel Wireless Mobilander Other 232 Total 2339 Operators (BE) May-06 Telenet 1183 Belgacom 734 Eurospot 102 Coriotech 100 Orange 53 Proximus 45 Other 47 Total 2264 Source: (May 30, 2006) 12 van 24

13 Hotspot locations Location type (NL) Restaurant % Hotel % Café % Congrescentrum 125 6% Tankstation 100 5% Hotzone 91 4% Vakantiepark 87 4% Jachthaven 74 3% Bedrijven 69 3% Other 57 3% Location type (BE) Restaurant % Hotel % Auto diensten % Tankstation 174 8% Bedrijven 125 6% Other 116 5% Cafe 88 4% Sport 67 3% Vakantiepark 64 3% Other 57 3% Source: (May 30, 2006) 13 van 24

14 Hotspot user profile Is changing to include teenagers (Game Console, MP3 Player), tourists (Digital Camera), consumers (Wi-Fi Mobile Phone), next to mobile professional (Laptop, PDA) Trustive WLAN roaming research van 24

15 Hotspot usage (1) Number of users grows three times/year Usage also grows three times* How many sessions per hotspot per day do you have currently? What is the average session time? 40% 30% 20% 10% 27% 36% 21% 6% 3% 6% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 3% 15% 17% 34% 18% 12% 0% 0% >1000 Number of sessions < >60 Number of minutes Trustive WLAN roaming research Telenet Year report van 24

16 Hotspot usage (2) Source: (June 6, 2006) 16 van 24

17 Hotspot usage (3) Source: (June 6, 2006) 17 van 24

18 Hotspot roaming (1) International roaming is an important factor for success Do you have roaming agreements with: Yes No Avg. No. local WISPs? 39% 61% 2.3 international WISPs? 37% 63% 3.4 local telecom operators? 40% 60% 2.7 international telecom operators? 42% 58% van 24 Trustive WLAN roaming research

19 Hotspot roaming (2) With wich aggregators do you have roaming agreement? 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 45% 43% 40% 33% 19% 3% 3% 1% 16% 20% 0% Trustive ipass Boingo WeRoam T-Systems Picopoint Roampoint WBIA Other None Number of sessions 19 van 24

20 Hotspot revenue split How is your revenue split? Current In 12 months time Vouchers 39% 34% Subscriptions 28% 31% Other 14% 11% Local Roaming 12% 11% International roaming 7% 12% Trustive WLAN roaming research van 24

21 Prices & subscriptions Pay per minute Pay for a specific period (day, month, etc) 1 hour: ± 5 1 month: $ Access will be included in an ADSLsubscription 21 van 24

22 Other Merging infrastructures & pricing plans UMTS/GPRS/HSDPA/Wi-Fi Unlimited internet access for 59,50 per month (T-Mobile) 22 van 24

23 Wi-Fi communities 50 to 70 official initiatives Goal: citywide network, apart from the Internet Good examples: Wireless Leiden, Zoetermeer, Haarlem & IJsselstein Problems: Lack of money Lack of expertise Lack of interest of users and companies 23 van 24

24 Other interesting Wi-Fi topics Wi-Fi in the train / on the highway FON: a Global Community of people who share WiFi. Free-hotspots.com Switch For FREE VoIP Streetlight 24 van 24

25 Wi-Fi in the Netherlands Thank you for your attention. Questions? Gerd-Jan de Leeuw Msc Candidate SEPAM TU DELFT The Wi-Fi Research Program