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9780521199711

The Innovation Journey of Wi-Fi: The Road To Global Success

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    9780521199711

  • ISBN10:

    0521199719

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-12-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Wi-Fi has become the preferred means for connecting to the internet - at home, in the office, in hotels and at airports. Increasingly, Wi-Fi also provides internet access for remote communities where it is deployed by volunteers in community-based networks, by operators in 'hotspots' and by municipalities in 'hotzones'. This book traces the global success of Wi-Fi to the landmark change in radio spectrum policy by the US FCC in 1985, the initiative by NCR Corporation to start development of Wireless-LANs and the drive for an open standard IEEE 802.11, released in 1997. It also singles out and explains the significance of the initiative by Steve Jobs at Apple to include Wireless-LAN in the iBook, which moved the product from the early adopters to the mass market. The book explains these developments through first-hand accounts by industry practitioners and concludes with reflections and implications for government policy and firm strategy.

Table of Contents

List of figuresp. vii
List of tablesp. ix
List of contributorsp. x
Prefacep. xv
Introductionp. 1
The case and the theoretical frameworkp. 3
The Wi-Fi Journey
NCR: taking the cue provided by the FCCp. 21
Creating a wireless LAN standard: IEEE 802.11p. 53
Crossing the chasm: the Apple AirPortp. 110
Hotspots: the Starbucks initiativep. 154
Wi-Fi-based community networks: Wireless Leidenp. 175
The Wi-Fi Journey in Perspective
Wi-Fi in developing countries: catalyst for network extension and telecom reformp. 197
The Dutch connection to US-based NCR, AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Agere Systemsp. 230
Wi-Fi as community-based innovationp. 263
The governance of radio spectrum: licence-exempt devicesp. 288
Exploring the future of Wi-Fip. 331
Reflections and implications for policy and strategy formationp. 367
Annexes
Glossaryp. 381
Timeline of major events related to Wi-Fip. 393
Overview of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standardsp. 400
The Wi-Fi ecosystemp. 404
Indexp. 409
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