AFFORDABLE WI-FI : MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS ADDED BOTH A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND A REVENUE STREAM BY INSTALLING A WIRELESS NETWORK FOR INTERNET ACCESS

This article describes how the Mobile Regional Airport (MOB) in Alabama implemented a wireless Internet capability in order to meet the demands of its business travelers and maintain a competitive edge over local competing airports. The article relates how a revenue sharing agreement was established with a service provider, allowing MOB to have a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) network without having to support the costs involved in building the system. An overview is given of the wireless network infrastructure, with the article relating how MOB is pursuing a new initiative which would bring private wireless applications to the airport authority, airlines, and vendors.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Key Publishing, Limited

  P.O. Box 100
  Stamford,   United Kingdom  PE9 1XQ
• Authors:
  • Barrett, T
• Publication Date: 2004-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 40-41
• Serial:
  • Airports International
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Key Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0002-2853

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Customer service; Wireless communication systems
• Identifier Terms: Mobile Regional Airport
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00982264
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 2004 12:00AM