Office Wi-Fi installation in Dubai is priced on the number of access points the survey calls for and on what has to be built to support them: cabling, switch ports with power, and sometimes a firewall. Listonics projects run from AED 2,500 to AED 30,000 depending on requirement, quoted fixed after a survey.
What is a Wi-Fi quote actually made of?
Four lines, and only one of them is the access points. The survey establishes how many are needed and where. The cabling runs a cable to each position, which is where an existing office often costs more than a new fit-out. The switching has to have spare ports and enough power budget to run them. Then the access points themselves, and any licensing the manufacturer charges to manage them.
A quote that lists only access points is not cheaper, it is incomplete, and the missing lines arrive later as separate invoices.
- Survey: where access points go, and how many the floor actually needs.
- Cabling: a run to every access point position, plus containment.
- Switching: spare ports and enough power budget to drive them.
- Access points: business grade, sized for the certification generation you need.
- Licensing: some manufacturers charge annually to manage the units.
What moves the price most?
Density, not floor area. A call centre and a warehouse of the same square metres need very different numbers of access points, because the constraint is how many devices share the airtime. The Wi-Fi Alliance sets out what current-generation certification covers, and denser offices benefit from it most.
After that, the state of the space. An empty fit-out where ceilings are open is the cheapest moment to install anything. An occupied office with finished ceilings costs more for the same result, because access has to be made and made good. Our Wi-Fi installation page covers the survey itself.
Does a bigger internet line reduce the cost?
No, and the two are often confused. The internet line is what reaches the building; Wi-Fi is how that reaches a laptop. Upgrading the line does not help a floor with too few access points, and it is the most common piece of money spent on the wrong problem.
Confirm what the line actually delivers with du or e& before buying wireless equipment, because a cabled speed test will usually settle which of the two is the constraint.
Why does an occupied office cost more than a fit-out?
The same Wi-Fi design costs noticeably more to install into a working office than into an empty shell, and the difference is almost entirely access rather than equipment.
In a fit-out, ceilings are open, containment is being installed anyway, and a cable to an access point position is a few minutes of an electrician's time. In an occupied office, each run means opening a ceiling tile, working around furniture and people, often outside business hours, and making good afterwards. Add the coordination of working around meetings and the same job takes longer and costs more.
The practical consequence is that if a fit-out is happening for any reason, that is the moment to install the wireless design you will need in three years rather than the one you need today. Retrofitting two access points later costs more than installing six now.
- Fit-out: ceilings open, containment already going in, cheapest possible access.
- Occupied office: ceiling access, out-of-hours work, and making good.
- Retrofitting a few positions later usually costs more than provisioning them now.
- If any fit-out is happening, install for the office you will have, not the one you have.
What does a Listonics Wi-Fi project cost?
Projects run from AED 2,500 to AED 30,000 depending on requirement. A small office needing two or three access points where cabling already exists sits toward the lower end. A floor needing a survey, new cabling to a dozen positions, a switch with power budget and a firewall sits toward the upper end.
The figure that matters is not the range but the itemised quote, which follows a survey and lists every line so you can compare it against another provider's. Our IT support cost page explains how ongoing support is priced separately.
How do you compare two Wi-Fi quotes?
Normalise them before you look at the totals. Count the access points each includes, check whether cabling is in or excluded, check whether the switch is included or assumed, and check whether licensing is annual and who pays it in year two.
Then ask both providers the same question: how many access points does this floor need, and how did you arrive at that number? A provider who surveyed will answer with positions and reasons. A provider who guessed will answer with a product.
- Same access point count, or the quotes are not comparable.
- Cabling included or excluded, stated explicitly.
- Switch and power budget included or assumed.
- Licensing cost in year two, and who pays it.
- Whether a survey informed the design, or a floor area did.
What should you avoid paying for?
Consumer mesh equipment sold for an office is the most common waste. It is designed for a home where a handful of devices roam gently, and it fails in the pattern offices actually create: many devices, concentrated, moving between rooms.
The second is transmit power sold as a substitute for coverage planning. More power from fewer units makes each unit busier, not better. And the third is a quote that excludes the survey, because without one the access point count is a guess you are paying to install. A free Wi-Fi survey is where a real number comes from.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on the number of access points the survey calls for, the cabling needed to reach them, and whether switching or a firewall is included. Listonics projects run from AED 2,500 to AED 30,000 depending on requirement, with a Wi-Fi-only job in a cabled office toward the lower end.
Because the access point count is the largest single line, and without a survey it is a guess. A survey walks the floor as it is used, with the partitions and equipment in place, and produces positions and reasons. A quote without one is either padded for the unknown or will be revised later.
Usually not. The line is what reaches the building; Wi-Fi is how it reaches a laptop. If the floor has too few access points, a faster line changes nothing. A cabled speed test during the problem tells you which of the two is actually the constraint.
Cheaper to buy and more expensive to live with. Mesh is designed for homes with few devices; offices concentrate many devices in rooms and move them between rooms, which is the pattern mesh handles worst. Business access points with wired backhaul cost more upfront and behave predictably.
Sometimes. Some manufacturers charge annually to manage or license the access points, and that cost belongs in the comparison rather than appearing in year two. Ask explicitly whether licensing is included, for how long, and what happens when it lapses.
Written by Srinivasan Ramachandran, Founder, Listonics · Last reviewed September 24, 2026