Introduction of 3rd generation wireless services in a multi-enterprise VPN environment: case of the port of Rotterdam

The needs as well as the bottlenecks are analyzed in the deployment and use of wireless services in a networked environment of companies sharing some common supply chain processes. The specific case is the multi-enterprise networks around the port of Rotterdam, researched as part a large project on value-added wireless services in this environment, sponsored by KPN mobile. New services, operational requirements, decision processes as well as tariffs and organizational problems are reported.