License-exempt: Wi-Fi complement to 3G

Abstract__In this paper we compare and contrast
the development of Wi-Fi as a license-exempt wireless
broadband technology to access the internet with the
licensed regime of broadband cellular networks such
as 3G. This exploration is based on an assessment of
the two different innovation journeys which resulted from
two different underlying communication paradigms and
two different regulatory regimes, leading to different
business models and different diffusions patterns.
In concluding we compare the merits of the two cases and
derive recommendations for policy and strategy formation.