Wireless Broadband Scenario

Wireless Broadband Scenario, originally uploaded by tgray04.

David Willis, Research VP, Gartner

Pay as you go vs unlimited service
- Users traveling one to three days per week would be okay with pay as you go services
- Users traveling four or more days per week would make better use of unlimited plans

Group workers into worker types.
TCO $-$$$$
- Alert Workers
- Forms Workers
- Traveling Workers
- Day Extenders
- Campus Workers
- Teleworkers

Should 3G be Embedded?
- No. Technology continues to move forward and upgrades could cost more than expected.

Options - tethered or secondary external device.

Recommendations
- categorize users by need
- capture total spending
- concentrate on high volume users first
- use wireless as part of business recovery strategy
- embrace broadband aggregator and 3G services plans for mobile professionals
- use process-focused, mobile-workforce focused or mobile portfolio planning strategy to optimize ROI
- invest in a mobile application architecture
- examine acceleration technologies (e.g. SoftWOCs)
- expect a multi-network strategy, combining 3G, WiFi, and wired options

74% increase in data speeds for embedded 3G is a bunch of BS.