Hotspot deployments are exploding in North America with more than 10,000 hotspots at the end of 2003. In addition to market leaders such as Boingo and T-Mobile, there are many new entrants that are rapidly gaining market share such as AirPath, HotSpotzz, Euphoria Wireless and Surf and Sip.
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 9, 2004—-North American hotspot deployments have exploded in recent months and are expected to grow from 10,000 in 2003 to nearly 200,000 by 2009, according to a recently released report by emerging wireless research firm, ON World.
Hotspot deployments have increased in the U.S. by nearly 30 percent since early December," says Mareca Hatler, ON World's Director of Research.
ON World predicts that more than 90 percent of laptops and handheld computers will be Wi-Fi enabled by 2007 and 85 percent of all mobile phones will be Wi-Fi enabled by 2009. The rapid expansion of Wi-Fi enabled devices will increase user numbers rapidly over the projection period up from 5 million users worldwide in 2003 to 86 million in 2009.
These emerging trends are leading to a hotspot land grab by the telcos, mobile operators and many new startups. ON World has identified the venue owners and businesses that are positioning themselves well in this emerging ecosystem. While most of the media has focused on companies such as T-Mobile and Boingo, there are a growing number of new entrants such as AirPath, HotSpotzz, Euphoria Wireless and Surf and Sip that are quickly gaining market share especially in mid-sized cities in the U.S.
ON Worlds report includes extensive statistics on the 20 most hotspot dense North American cities as of January 1, 2004. The following are a few examples from this report:
Which hotspot companies are grabbing overall market share in San Francisco?
T-Mobile – 27.7%; iPass—21%; Boingo—16.4%; WayPort—7.9%; Surf and Sip—7.6%; AT&T Wireless—7.1 %; ZRNet—3.9%; HotSpotzz—3.2%; STSN—2.7%; Others—2.4%
Which hotspot companies are grabbing overall market share in New York City?
Verizon—34.8%; T-Mobile—24.7%; iPass—11.1%; AT&T Wireless 10%; Boingo—7.1%; STSN—4%; Surf and Sip—2.7%; Others--5.5%
Which hotspot companies are grabbing hotel venue market share in San Francisco?
Boingo—22%; iPass—20%; WayPort—14.8%; STSN—14.8%; AT&T Wireless—4.3%; Surf and Sip—3.9%; HotSpotzz 1%; Others—8.4%
Which hotspot companies are grabbing hotel venue market share in New York City?
New York: STSN—29%; Boingo—19%; iPass—15%; AT&T Wireless—12%; Others—25%
Which hotspot companies are grabbing café venue market share in San Francisco?
T-Mobile—32.6%; iPass—16.7%; Boingo—16.8%; WayPort--8%; Surf and Sip—7.9%; AT&T Wireless—6.9%; ZRNet—5.7%; HotSpotzz—4%; Others—1.5%
Which hotspot companies are grabbing café venue market share in New York City?
T-Mobile—50.7%; AT&T Wireless – 21.8%; Boingo—8.9%; Surf and Sip—7.1%; iPass—6.4; Others—5%
In addition to dissecting the top 20 North American hotspot metropolitan regions by company and venue type, ON Worlds report, North American Hotspots: A Rapidly Expanding Ecosystem," also includes each companys business model, end user costs, partners and the leading venue partners. The report also includes hotspot, user and service revenue projections until 2009 for North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The report, published in January 2004, costs
US $249 and may be purchased from ON World's website at: http://www.onworld.com/html/hotspotreport.htm.
About ON World:
ON World provides world class business intelligence on emerging wireless technology markets. More information about ON World's research services and products may be found from http://www.onworld.com.
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