The list of wireless services is a long one and its getting longer: public Wi-Fi services, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, converged services, smart cties and 5G to name a few. A new report issued by The Wireless Broadband Alliance, and undertaken by Maravedis, shows that business is becoming aware of the increasingly vital role robust wireless infrastructure plays.
According to the report, 57% of operators have firm timelines in place for the deployment of carrier-grade network architecture and by 2020 80% of respondents plan to have deployments in the areas of IoT and M2M; more than half already have plans for converged services and smart cities.
IoT is dependent on wireless infrastructure to function with Wi-Fi being one of the most tried and true systems available, particularly for home-based IoT. IoT systems are increasingly commonplace across all industries, from agriculture to defense. Some predictions estimate that the IoT market could soon be worth $1.9 trillion and involve trillions of devices and sensors. A recent U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing highlighted the expansion of wireless broadband infrastructure including Wi-Fi.
The report notes that increased confidence in carrier grade Wi-Fi is prompting more businesses to use Wi-Fi networks to meet their IoT needs.
Shrikant Shenwai, CEO of the WBA, noted, “Increased operator confidence in carrier grade Wi-Fi technology has led to a surge in the growth of deployments over the past 12 months and set a trend that will to continue. Within 5 years there will be as much as a 70% rise in the number of carrier-grade public Wi-Fi hotspots deployed, vastly outnumbering current best effort[s].”
He continued: “These shifts mean that the themes of the WBA’s Vision 2020 are equally applicable to all the ecosystem’s stakeholders; accelerating development of relevant technologies to keep pace with the rapidly changing landscape, diversifying in time with the changing face of the Wi-Fi ecosystem, and increasing investment in development, testing and deployments to continue the push towards Wi-Fi ubiquity, unlicensed wireless, IoT, 5G and beyond.”
Bottomline, Wi-Fi is a foundational access technology and will figure prominently in the continuing evolution of IoT, mobile networks and general connectivity. Without carrier grade Wi-Fi, many of these applications will prove challenging.
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