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Municipal Broadband Wireless North American Business Models

Municipal Broadband Wireless North American Business Models. Axel Leblois, Co-Founder, W2i EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities ICT for Safe Digital Cities, Bologna June 28, 2007. Municipal Broadband, North American Cities, 2006.

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Municipal Broadband Wireless North American Business Models

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  1. Municipal Broadband Wireless North American Business Models Axel Leblois, Co-Founder, W2i EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum - Telecities ICT for Safe Digital Cities, Bologna June 28, 2007

  2. Municipal Broadband, North American Cities, 2006 • Over 300 US Municipal Wireless Projects Deployed in 2006 • Mix of Municipal Ownership and Public-Private Partnership Models Capital Investment in Municipal Wireless Broadband Networks Source: W2i/Yankee Group Research 2006

  3. Moving from Single Application Networks to Multi-Purpose Networks • Municipal wireless networks are increasingly leveraged for multiple applications reducing costs and offering new services to citizens: • Public Safety/Police/Fire • Meter Reading/Monitoring • Field Inspections • Intelligent Traffic Management • Neighborhood/Community Portals • Educational Broadband • Public Access • Digital Inclusion Source: W2i/Yankee Group Digital City Survey, 2005

  4. Public Safety: San Mateo (CA) Police Department • 72 Officers in 40 Patrol Cars • Tropos MetroMesh: • 3 backhaul points • 37 access points • 3.5 sq.miles • Applications: • CAD, Records Mgt, Reporting • Database access (LAWNet, DMV, video monitoring…) • Impact: • 2 hours/day/officer saved

  5. Workforce Productivity Increases: Medford (OR) Public Works • 20 Public Works Crews on shared network among other municipal agencies • Motorola MotoMesh: • Applications: • Work order access from the field • Impact: • 1 hour/day/crew member • Shared infrastructure with public safety • Future Impact: • 20+ additional applications including: • Records access • Location based services • GIS

  6. Machine to machine communications Corpus Christi (TX) Water & Gas Utility System

  7. Field Workforce Automation Scenario *Assuming 20% public subscriber uptake

  8. How are you financing the network build? Patterns are starting to emerge attesting to a negotiation between local government and the private sector to determine the right mix of cooperation Source: W2i Yankee Group Houston Survey 2006

  9. Municipal Broadband Business Models

  10. Municipal Wireless: Key Observations • Measurable benefits in government operational efficiencies abound • Broadband wireless infrastructure deployment is first and foremost driven by the need for “Better City Management” • “Cheap Public Access” as a primary driver for deployment of wireless infrastructure is highly speculative and should be viewed as a secondary objective, or side benefit

  11. A Resource for Municipalities Involved with Broadband Wireless Networkswww.w2i.com

  12. Thank You www.w2i.com axel_leblois@w2i.org Wireless Internet Institute 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 Tel: (617) 439 5400 Fax: (404) 252 0628

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