Wi-Fi Taking Over the Airwaves
Wireless LANs are taking over the world's airwaves, pushing up Wi-Fi Latest News about Wi-Fi equipment sales to US$2.8 billion in 2004, a 15 percent increase from 2003, research released today has indicated.
According to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly market share service, some 36.1 million units of Wi-Fi kits shipped last year, up 51 percent from 2003. The study predicts that unit shipments will continue growing through 2008, when they will reach 80.4 million, 123 percent more than in 2004.
Enterprise and public hotspot segments continue to fulfill their growth potential, Infonetics noted. The "already explosive" consumer segment was found to be growing "spectacularly," withbroadband Latest News about Broadband users upgrading from basic wired to wireless Latest News about wireless gateways.
