Transcript Wireless Cities plays Jon Lane

Wireless Cities
In addition to the physical environment, the role that technology
plays
Jon Lane
Director, BT Wireless Cities
Our lives are changing
Time
is money
Time
and energy
Friends, family
& community
Information
and advice
Security
Choices and
personalisation
At Home
Real time
information
Security
Business
collaboration
Anytime,
anywhere
At Work
Wi-Fi is today’s technology of choice
BT delivered Wi-Fi Networks*
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Consumer devices are a key driver of Wi-Fi
growth
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Widely adopted by the mass market today
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Wi-Fi handsets forecast to increase nearly 1300%
through to 2010*
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245.9 million Wi-Fi portable devices globally by 2010**
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22 million in the UK alone by 2011 *
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Wi-Fi Alliance has already certified over 3000 products
Wi-Fi Networks are expanding
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Over 142,407 free and paid Wi-Fi hotspots
in 132 countries
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Over 300 wireless cities deployed
Mobile WiMAX will take time to offer a credible
alternative
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Fixed WiMAX available today. Useful for infrastructure
but limited use for end users
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Mobile spectrum auction due to take place
late 2007 / early 2008
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Mobile Devices not available till 2008/9
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Mass market will take at least 5 years to mature
* Infonetics Research
** Wireless Cities, BT Openzone, Wi-Fi Consumer & Business networks
The Vision is Compelling
- Broadband Access - anywhere, anytime, anyplace
Home
Business
Wireless
broadband
Wireless
Broadband
at the heart of
our strategy
Wireless cities
Wireless
broadband
Wi-Fi hotspots
Wireless Broadband is about making Broadband access totally ubiquitous
What is a Wireless City?
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A Major BT strategic initiative to Wi-Fi enable City Centres
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Extends the power of wireless broadband into public spaces
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Provides a Wi-Fi Network for shared public
and private access
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Public / private partnerships with local authorities
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Joint promotion and development of a WC eco-system
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A platform to enable innovative new applications and services
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Delivering an open network with a wide range
of service providers
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A phrased programme, developed in-line with
demand from the city “anchor tenant” and others
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A significant (& sustainable step) to deliver
city wide wireless broadband
A platform to deliver a sustainable vision
Helping make the
city an attractive
place to live and work
Supporting city “front line”
staff with innovative mobile
worker applications
Providing city visitors with
the information they need
when and where they need it
Providing a safer, cleaner
street environment,
improving public security CCTV, noise and
pollution monitoring
Remote traffic congestion
monitoring, cashless
parking payments
Platform for
education and
remote learning
Supporting social
inclusion programmes
Supporting care in the
community initiatives
Some applications
Actively working on many solutions with authorities
Some examples are:
• Deploy moveable Wi-Fi IP-Video cameras
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To ease traffic congestion and issue penalty notices
Monitor new bus station for public safety with images relayed to PDA
Licensing and environmental health officers can update records “on the street” from Wi-Fi
PDA integrated into authority’s systems and immediately initiate any actions needed
Childrens’ services can access client information in real-time
via Wi-Fi laptop or digital pen and agree a care package
with clients immediately
City guardians can access council information using Wi-Fi
PDA to help the public, and report local issues instantly
Walled Garden to help citizens and visitors gain free
Wi-Fi access to council public service information
Corporate Fusion VoIP as part of the Authorities’
IP Convergence strategy
Wi-Fi mobile working as part of an overall mobile
working initiative including home working
Benefits
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Greater productivity as employees do not have to return
to the office to log work – Significant effectiveness,
efficiency and accommodation savings are achievable
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Demonstrably improved public service by immediate
and visible access to information and back-end systems
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Employees can be multi-rolled “eyes on the street”
e.g. street cleaning operative can report traffic obstructions,
graffiti, anti-social behaviour via simple PDA integrated
into back-end systems to relevant department
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With more time “on the street” less office space is needed,
enabling significant property rationalisation
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Solutions are customised to meet the needs of authority
and are based around the specific business benefits
that can be achieved
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Wireless City is not a technology deployment
but an enabler to transform the business
of delivering citizen services
Need to serve the Wider Market
• City Resident
• City Commuters
• City Visitors (Tourist)
• City Visitors (Business)
• Local Businesses
• Local Communities
• Citizen Services
Bringing it back to the ‘Green Agenda’
Westminster Pioneers Scheme
A partnership to reach into the community to help build ideas for
how a wireless network can be used to improve a city environment
m for individuals
m
for business
m
for Westminster
City Council
m for the community
Westminster Pioneers Scheme - Winners
Living: Virtual Blue Plaque
Special Award: Bus Busters
Building sense of place
Speeding up commuter journeys
Building sense of history
Speeding up parking enforcement
Building sense of community
Staff Award: Help!
Business: My Van is My Office
Improving the visitor experience
Supporting enterprise in the city
Improving on the role of City workers
Supporting improvement in service
Improving perception of Westminster
as a place to work and play
Supporting quality of work life
Thank you
Jon Lane
Director, BT Wireless Cities