Understanding The Emerging Market For Municipal Wireless Networks (Market Focus)

Publication Date	May 2007
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Brief
Pages	14
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT05177

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Summary

Introduction

Local governments are experimenting with municipal wireless networks to provide constituents with wireless internet access in outdoor areas of a community.

Scope

Analysis of forces driving and inhibiting municipal wireless initiatives
Spending on municipal wireless networks in the US and UK through 2012
End-user opinion from 100 local governments in North America and Europe

Highlights

While still a nascent trend, communities around the world are investing in municipal wireless networks to improve government effectiveness, broaden digital inclusion and support economic development.

Local governments may pursue municipal wireless initiatives for any number of goals, but the most successful communities will focus on accomplishing a primary goal before expanding to offer more services over the network.

Reasons to Purchase

Understand the market forces affecting the adoption of municipal wireless networks
Gain quantitative insight into the projected direction of municipal wireless spending
Validate your market messaging and positioning in the municipal wireless market

Content

Catalyst
Summary
Methodology
Analysis
- Municipal wireless will change how local governments and citizens communicate
- Bleeding edge communities lead the market for municipal wireless
- Successful communities will focus on a primary goal for municipal wireless
- The need for improved government operations drives municipal wireless initiatives
- Municipal wireless promises to "bridge the digital divide"
- Innovation attracts economic development
- Vendors must work with governments to overcome financial and political challenges
- Governments struggle to justify the high costs of deploying and operating municipal wireless networks
- Fear of political backlash may thwart municipal wireless plans
Actions
- Focus on the community's primary goal for municipal wireless
- Recognize that digital inclusion involves more than low-cost internet access
- Involve multiple stakeholders in the planning process
Appendix
- Definitions
- References
- Extended methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
List Of Figures
- Figure 1: A handful of communities are on the bleeding edge of the municipal wireless trend
- Figure 2: The market for municipal wireless networks in the US and UK will explode over the next five years
- Figure 3: Government efficiency and public safety top localities' expected benefits for municipal wireless
- Figure 4: A large divide still exists between those with access to the internet and those without
- Figure 5: Costs are the largest hurdle for local governments to overcome when investigating municipal wireless initiatives