Wi Fi research: Will Europe lead the way in Content compared to the US?

Hello All,

I am leading a Wi Fi Zone and Cloud research project for Dr Scott
Shamp at the University of Georgia at Athens in the US.* You may have
heard of UGA; we have a 24 block free Wi Fi Cloud over downtown and
the first location based services in that Cloud in the US.*
http://www.nmi.uga.edu provides an overview of the academic program.*

Here are some things I'm trying to understand in Europe. I would very
much appreciate your input:
* How much delay, if any, has typically occurred in approvals by
European governments of Wi Fi implementation (indoors and outdoors)
compared to the US?
* More importantly, are Wi Fi providers in Europe looking at providing
content such as city tour guides, games, etc as the European cellular
network providers do? Are others in Europe? Europe leads the US
substantially on applications and content for mobile phones. Will
Europe do the same within Wi Fi? Will Japan?

Thank you for any insight.

Bailey