in the last cc i said that i believed there was growth in spending by
ISPs in 4 market segments in 2001. one of these service technologies
was wireless LAN. greg agreed with my assessments and said that
they had connectivity solutions in this market.
"There are three reasons to deploy wireless," says
Craig Mathias, a principal with technology advisory
firm FarPoint Group. "You can't install wire, for
whatever reason. Wireless is cheaper over a given
time. Or you need mobility."
nwfusion.com
Study: Wireless LAN
market to top $4
billion
By Nancy Weil
IDG News Service, 04/16/01
Falling prices and new technologies that continue to
make wireless LANs speedier will bring a surge in
corporate use, according to new research from
Cahners In-Stat Group. Total revenue in that market
will reach nearly $4.6 billion by 2005, the market
researcher predicts.
Wireless LANs will be pushed, as in the past, by
"Wi-Fi" (wireless fidelity) products, including IEEE
products using the 802.11b and 802.11g standards,
Cahners In-Stat said.
nwfusion.com
High-speed wireless
LANs are coming
By JOHN COX
Network World, 04/09/01
About a year from now, the first high-speed wireless
LAN products will hit the market, promising to deliver
a data rate of up to 54M bit/sec. That speed should
give enterprise net managers plenty of time to assess
their net requirements, scope out product plans and
address with vendors a range of critical issues such as
technical support and software stability.
Net executives face a range of problems - and
opportunities - with the faster radio technology. These
include installing many more wireless access points
than today's wireless LANs need, higher power
consumption for laptop interface cards, security, and
remote administration and network management. |
