The demand for mobile data traffic and falling revenue per gigabyte is forcing operators to seek ways to reduce network carriage costs and to restore margin. This Report not only shows this cost can be reduced by 80% using indoor Wi-Fi, it also discusses the operational challenges that operators will have to overcome to deploy Wi-Fi.
This Report provides:
- detailed analysis of the cost in radio access network equipment to deliver 52% mobile data traffic growth in Western Europe during the period 2011 to 2016
- in-depth analysis of the cost to deliver 52% mobile data traffic growth to a single site area in a congested urban site using LTE; outdoor Wi-Fi and indoor Wi-Fi
- an analysis of the opex and capex costs for outdoor Wi-Fi access points and indoor Wi-Fi access points
- a review of the operational and strategic challenges facing operators that might wish to deploy Wi-Fi as a capacity overlay.