Global - Mobile Broadband - WiFi, Bluetooth & UWB
Synopsis Around the world, WiFi has established itself as the quiet achiever in short-range wireless broadband and in 2010 there is evidence emerging that the use of WiFi hotspots is on the rise due to increasing popularity from smart phone users. WiFi offers a faster and in some cases, cheaper, alternative to mobile networks. The recent introduction of WiFi Direct has increased the competition between it and another short-range wireless technology - Bluetooth and its latest release Bluetooth 3.0. In the midst of short range wireless technologies there is also Ultra-Wideband (UWB) which has struggled due to competition and lack of applications. UWB chip manufacturers have now turned their attention towards the wireless HD connectivity sector. This report provides a broad global market overview of the short-range technologies WiFi, Bluetooth and UWB.

 Table of Contents 1. Synopsis 2. Introduction 3. WLAN/WiFi hotspots 3.1 Security challenges 4. Muni WiFi - only a moderate success 5. WiFi market overview 5.1 Global statistics and forecasts 5.2 Brief case study: USA 5.2.1 Major US WiFi hotspot providers 6. Other recent developments 6.1 WiFi Direct in 2010 6.2 WiFi use in smart grids 6.3 Competition between Bluetooth and WiFi intensifies 7. Introduction: Bluetooth 7.1 Early developments 7.2 The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) 8. Bluetooth market overview 8.1 Bluetooth SIG explores smart energy 8.2 Other application examples 9. UWB (Ultra-Wideband) 9.1 Introduction 9.2 UWB and wireless USB 9.3 UWB and HD-TV 10. Related reports
Table 1 - Number of WiFi mobile handset shipments worldwide - 2009 - 2010
Table 2 - Number of WiFi hotspots worldwide - 2005 - 2010
Table 3 - Number of public WiFi hotspots - top 10 countries worldwide - mid-2009
Table 4 - Top 10 US cities - WiFi hotspots - 2009
Table 5 - Installed base of Bluetooth devices worldwide - 2005; 2007; 2010
Exhibit 1 - The Wi-Fi Alliance

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