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Article: Gartner Says Simplistic Focus on Hot Spot Profits Misguided, Rationales for Growth Are More Complex; Analysts Project More Than 71,000 Public Wireless LAN Hot Spots in 2003.
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- June 30, 2003
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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003
The number of public wireless LAN (WLAN) hot spots has risen from just over 1,200 in 2001 to more than 71,000 in 2003, but there are still not enough hot spot locations to meet user needs, according to Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB).
The number of WLAN hot spot users is forecast to reach 9.3 million users worldwide in 2003, up from 2.5 million users in 2002. North America will account for 4.7 million users in 2003, followed by Asia/Pacific with 2.7 million users and Europe with 1.7 million WLAN hot spot users.
"With just 2.5 million hot spot users in ...