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CANADIAN WiFi/WiMAX MARKET REPORT
NBI/Michael Sone Associates
October 2008
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Table of Contents
| Section | Page |
| About This Report | v |
| 1.0 Executive Summary | 1 |
| 2.0 Technology | 8 |
| 2.1 Wi-Fi | 8 |
| 2.2 WiMAX | 14 |
| 3.0 Service Providers | 20 |
| 3.1 Bell Aliant | 20 |
| 3.2 Bell Canada | 21 |
| 3.3 Boingo | 24 |
| 3.3.1 Concourse | 25 |
| 3.3.1.1 Pearson Airport |
26 |
| 3.4 BOLDstreet | 27 |
| 3.5 Cogeco | 30 |
| 3.5.1 One Zone | 31 |
| 3.6 FatPort | 33 |
| 3.7 Inukshuk | 36 |
| 3.8 Look | 37 |
| 3.9 McDonald’s Canada | 39 |
| 3.10 MTS Allstream | 40 |
| 3.11 Opti-Fi/VIA Rail | 41 |
| 3.12 Rogers | 43 |
| 3.12.1 CHRA | 46 |
| 3.13 SaskTel | 48 |
| 3.14 TELUS | 49 |
| 3.15 Videotron | 51 |
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List of Figures
Figure |
Page | |
| Figure 1 |
Canadian Public Wi-Fi Market, Number of Hotspots, 2006-2010 | 5 |
| Figure 2 |
Canadian Public Wi-Fi Access Locations by Service Provider, 2008 | 6 |
| Figure 3 |
Canadian Public Wi-Fi Market Average Daily Sessions, 2006-2010 | 7 |
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About This Report
| The Canadian Wi-Fi/WiMAX Market Report, 2008 Edition is NBI/Michael Sone Associates’ fourth report on this market segment and is the most comprehensive and rigorously researched document available on the subject in Canada. At around 50 pages, the report is as much intended to provide an insight on this sector’s future developments as past activity and current status. It is divided into three main sections. The first comprises an executive summary that provides an overview of the Canadian market and concludes with two (2) figures illustrating past, current and potential Wi-Fi hotspot and usage growth trends in the industry and one (1) showing access locations by company. This is followed by a tutorial that discusses major issues, developments and technology pertinent to the industry for each of the Wi-Fi and WiMAX sectors and their relationship with cellular wireless, cable, and DSL technologies. The third section provides profiles of over a dozen significant national and regional service providers. These include the individual telcos, cablecos, as well as a representative sample of the larger independent companies. Each industry segment has been explored so that the report presents services offered and planned, marketing activities, pricing, as well as technology and application trends. Please note that the mobile and fixed Internet markets are
examined and discussed in depth in NBI/Michael Sone Associates’
Canadian Mobile Wireless Communications Services Market Report,
2007/8 Edition and upcoming 2009 Edition and Canadian Internet
Service Providers Market Report, 2008 Edition respectively.
Please refer to these publications for information on these
market sectors.
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