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Article: Mobile Computing Devices, Handsets Drive 409 Million Unit Wi-Fi Device Market.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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The number of Wi-Fi systems shipped per year grew from 59 million units in 2005 to 409 million forecast to be shipped in 2009, a seven-fold increase, driven by notebook PCs, Smart Phones and Wi-Fi gaming consoles. According to the Strategy Analytics report, "Connected Home & Portable Devices: Global Market Forecast and Outlook," shipments of Notebook and Netbook PCs, all equipped with Wi-Fi, will grow at the expense of desktop PCs; while at the same time, higher-stream 802.11n systems will serve the multimedia needs of consumers in the home.
"Now that IEEE 802.11n has received ratification as a global standard, Strategy Analytics expects to see strong sales of ...