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Prolog: wlan has taken off, Nlots of serious wlan activities have been started – Siemens IEEE802.11 User Manual

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Prolog:
WLAN has taken off ...

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Lots of serious WLAN activities have been started

– All big players have products (Cisco, Intel, …)
– Integrated WLAN solutions appearing (Apple, IBM, ...)

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The prediction have been exceeded by actual market.
For comparison:
Total PC world market in ‘01: ~ 120 Mio pcs.; > 30 % portable.

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Ruling technology is IEEE802.11b (Wi-Fi) [11Mb/s, 2.4 GHz].

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Source: Frost&Sullivan (2000-03)