A WLAN Hotspot Business Model - Roaming in the Netherlands
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چکیده
We present a generic business model for (WLAN) hotspots that comprises a role, resource and revenue model of a value network. We focus on the role model and the roaming model, as they are the essential to a wireless hotspot enterprise. In addition, we describe an instantiation of these models to arrive at a viable roaming business case for stakeholders in a hotspot enterprise in the Netherlands. The business case describes seamless application, communication and network roaming at Europe largest WLAN hotspot network at the University of Twente and an envisioned rollout of an overlapping WLAN along a nearby railway track of NS Dutch Railways.
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