Report Highlights

Along with economic globalization, more and more cities opt for distinctive positioning in a bid to seek new economic vitality and business opportunities. To achieve preeminent performance and enable the government, investors, enterprises and residents to gain maximum benefits and enjoy quality life, a city needs to have solid comprehensive strength in infrastructure, social environment and commercial environment. The concept of wireless city and its actual implementation are generating new economic and social benefits for modern cities, drawing more and more attention from city administrators, people from the technology circles, investors, and businesses

The year 2008 is the year when Wireless Digital City project develops at an amazing speed. In the run-up to the Olympics, Beijing deployed 9000 WLAN access points and 150 WiMAX stations, covering 90% of major streets in Beijing. By July 2008, Hangzhou has completed the first phase of its Wireless Digital City project, initially achieving "convergence of the four networks"-cable broadband Metropolitan Area Network, wireless broadband Metropolitan Area Network, mobile digital TV network and mobile multimedia network. By November 2008, Shanghai's wireless broadband network, dubbed "hot spots", has covered more than 3200 areas, and the city will fulfill its blueprint of Wireless City by the time the World Expo opens when the number of covered areas is expected to reach 10,000. The development of wireless digital cities in the country is carrying on like a raging fire.

Against the background, we release the 2008-2009 Annual Report on the Development of Wireless Cities in China, which is the first research report to introduce wireless cities comprehensively. And it also provides the answers to the following questions:
* What application value do digital cities have? Based on the research in the technological features of wireless networks and typical cases of wireless cities abroad, we present exhaustive analysis of the wide application of wireless cities in urban management, e-government, intelligent communities and city integrated emergency response.
* What access technology should be selected for wireless cities? The report introduces and compares prevalent access technologies including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Mesh, to provide feasible reference for architects of wireless cities.
* What kind of deployment and operation models should be adopted? Through cost-benefit analysis and by drawing upon development models adopted abroad, the report helps architects of wireless cities select from among the government-dominated model, operator-dominated model and BOT model.