| Title |
The disruptive potential of Wi-Fi in the German hotspot market |
| ID_Doc |
76746 |
| Authors |
Hüsig, S; Hipp, C |
| Title |
The disruptive potential of Wi-Fi in the German hotspot market |
| Year |
2009 |
| Published |
International Journal Of Mobile Communications, 7, 6 |
| DOI |
10.1504/IJMC.2009.025534 |
| Abstract |
The disruptive potential of Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) is investigated in an empirical study of the German public hotspot market in 2003-2006. The results of our study suggest that primarily the incumbent Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have taken advantage of the opportunity provided by Wi-Fi and the commercial hotspot market and dominated this submarket of wireless/mobile data services in Germany. Therefore, we categorise Wi-Fi as a sustaining technology based on the disruptive technology theory by Christensen (1997). These findings contradict the earlier predictions of Christensen et al. (2004) and others regarding Wi-Fi and suggest that the business model of stand-alone Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) will not be sustainable given the trend in the German commercial public hotspot market. |
| Author Keywords |
mobile communications; wireless fidelity; Wi-Fi; wireless local area network; WLAN; 802.11; mobile network operators; MNOs; wireless internet service providers; WISPs; public hotspots; disruptive technology |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000270010600001 |
| WoS Category |
Communication |
| Research Area |
Communication |
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