Techno-News Blog Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield |
|
|
Technology News for Higher Education Times and Dates Coordinated Universal Time
Subscribe to Techno-News Blog by Email
|
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/08/01/020801hnwlangrowth.xml Wireless LAN use growing fast Stephen Lawson WIRELESS LANS BASED on the IEEE 802.11 standard are on a strong growth spurt, according to two research reports released this week. The number of wireless LAN implementations in the U.S. has doubled over the past 12 months, according to a report released Thursday by Yankee Group, in Boston. Enterprises are using WLANs in growing numbers, Yankee said in a statement: More than 1 million WLAN access points are in use by more than 700,000 U.S. enterprises. In addition to helping a company do business, wireless LANs can give companies the opportunity to offer a perk or paid service to customers and visiting business partners, said Adam Zawel, an analyst at Yankee....
Comments:
Post a Comment
|
