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Table 14 The total cost of ownership calculation shows a cost of over one million euro for a free/freemium Wi-Fi roll-out and two hundred thousand euro for premium

From: Modeling the relationship between network operators and venue owners in public Wi-Fi deployment using non-cooperative game theory

Parameter

Explanation

Value freemium

Value premium

c CapEx

Total CapEx cost

€397,399

€81,855

c OpExSiteCosts

OpEx for site costs of the APs per year (undiscounted)

€209,160

€27,888

c OpExEquipment

OpEx for all non-AP equipment per year (undiscounted)

€10,444.1

€3445.30

c OpExbackhauling

OpEx for backhauling per year (undiscounted)

€3278

€3278

c OpEx

Total discounted OpEx cost (for 4 years)

€766,481

€34,611.3

TCO

Discounted total cost Of ownership (for 4 years)

€1,163,880

€200,883