MetroNetIQ Vendor Directory - Under Construction

I launched this site before I was all the way finished with the content. In a way, its always a work in progress.

However, I did want to point out that the Vendor Directory has lots more work to make it effective. Some sections have incomplete information, some pages are not yet ready to load, and clearly, its an ambitious project that will take another few weeks until its as I envisioned it.

So when you see this notice:

Under construction - please keep browsing, and watch this space for new entries

Just step around it, like one of those mop buckets in the hallway, and keep on going. Soon, I'll get rid of all those signs (as I finish mopping up) ;)...

In the meantime, please send me vendors that you'd like to see included, or if you are a vendor that would like to be listed, please send me your link, your descriptive information in a short paragraph, your contact name and contact info, and I'll post it.

Posted on February 01, 2006 at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

MetroNetIQ Vendor Directory - Open for Business

An Invitation to the Vendor Community

It's easy to join the MetroNetIQ Vendor Directory: just email me at john.cooper@metronetiq.com. Until this newly launched site has attracted a wider audience, this listing is free - so act now, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

I also offer vendors another option: an expanded listing service within the directory where vendors can customize and expand the content they show to site visitors. Please contact me if this is of interest and we can get started today. It will never be cheaper than now to act on this offer, so jump on it!

An Invitation to the Metropolitan Community

Do you have a MetroNet? Do you have an RFP? Please send your information to me and I'll publish it in the third section of this directory, MetroNet Users and Groups. This will provide other cities and towns an opportunity to look at what you have, and give vendors a shot as well at better understanding what you're going through and what you're looking for.

Posted on February 01, 2006 at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)

The MetroNet Supply Chain - New Value Production for Metropolitan Areas

The advent of new wireless technologies and their steady adoption is resulting in the creation of new metropolitan networks, or "MetroNets." And as we get more of these MetroNets, we are seeing a new ecosystem forming in front of our eyes. This ecosystem has more and more new players, and many old players, organized into a new MetroNet market supply chain. Looking at the supply chain, we see value created by MetroNets and exploited at the several stages of value production, described below.

Pre-MetroNet Service Providers
1. Information Providers monitor and promote the industry through fact-based books, articles, blogs, websites, etc.
2. Journalists monitor and promote the industry through opinion-based books, articles, blogs, and websites, etc.
3. Event Promoters promote the industry through conferences, seminars, etc.
4. Consultants provide consulting through planning, procurement, and network design services
5. Systems Integrators provide those same consulting services, but also systems deployment and network management & maintenance services

MetroNet Equipment Providers and Service Providers
6. Internet Backhaul Access equipment and service providers enable network backhaul primarily by fiber, but also with point-to-point and point-to-multipoint (WiMax) vendors
7. Last Mile Connectivity equipment providers feature point-to-point and point-to-multipoint (WiMax) network equipment, as well as Wi Fi mesh network equipment
8. Network Operators and Software Providers provide services and software to manage and enable a network after its construction
9. Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) provide Internet service to residential, business and governmental customers
10. Wireless Application Vendors provide specialized applications that run over IP networks
11. Wireless Equipment Vendors sell such equipment as wireless cameras, wireless handhelds and wireless sensors that leverage the new capabilities of municipal area networks

MetroNet Users & Groups
12. Commercial customers like businesses, industrial customers, and private utilities
13. Government customers like municipal, county & state governments
14. Residential customers, both individuals and groups – they are less concerned with infrastructure than they are with access and service quality
15. Stakeholder Interest Groups that represent these users

Posted on February 01, 2006 at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)