Current business models/deployment are different
3G represents an extension of the mobile service-provider model. This is the
technology of choice for upgrading existing mobile telephone services to expand capacity and add enhanced services. The basic business model is the telecommunications services model in which service providers own and manage the infrastructure (including the spectrum) and sell service on that infrastructure.
Spectrum policy and management
One of the key distinctions between 3G and WiFi that we have only touched upon lightly thus
far is that 3G and other mobile technologies use licensed spectrum, while WiFi uses unlicensed
shared spectrum
Status of technology development different
Deployment status
In OECD countries, cell phone penetration of 2G services is quite high, and consumers
have a choice among multiple facilities-based providers in most markets.
Embedded support for services
Another important difference between 3G and WiFi is their embedded support for voice
services. 3G was expressly designed as an upgrade technology where as wireless voice telephony networks, so voice services are an intrinsic part of 3G
Standardization
It is possible to compare the two technologies with respect to the extent to which they are
standardized. Broadly, it appears that the formal standards picture for 3G is perhaps more clear
than for Wireless LAN ( WLAN). for 3G, there is a relatively small family of internationally sanctioned
Service/business model
3G is more developed than WiFi as a business and service model. It represents an extension of
the existing service-provider industry to new services, and as such, does not represent a radical
departure from underlying industry structure.
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