Carrier Wi-Fi will grow significantly over the next...
Carrier Wi-Fi will grow significantly over the next year, said a survey of global service providers released Friday by Infonetics Research (http://bit.ly/12LNHMy). It marked revenue generation, enhanced throughput and the use of unlicensed spectrum as the top deployment drivers for…
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carrier Wi-Fi. Tiered/premium hotspots, managed hotspots and Wi-Fi roaming are the fastest growing monetization models for Wi-Fi services, said the industry research firm. It predicted that by 2014, hotels, sports and entertainment venues, airports, trains and retail malls will see significant growth in carrier Wi-Fi deployment. Providers surveyed anticipated 30 percent of their new Wi-Fi access points will be based on 802.11ac by the end of 2014. “Best effort WiFi is no longer good enough; mobile operators need carrier-class sophistication,” said analyst Richard Webb in a statement. The survey found Cisco to be the most widely deployed Wi-Fi equipment vendor among respondent carriers and Ruckus Wireless led the list in vendors under evaluation for future purchases. We didn’t immediately hear back about the survey’s methods.