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Article: IDC Predicts 84 Million People in the United States Will Plug Into Wireless Internet by 2005.
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- October 17, 2001
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Business Users Will Lead Wireless Data Usage;
Consumer Adoption Forecast to Take Off in 2003
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ --
Wireless Internet usage is on the rise. According to IDC, the number of wireless subscribers in the United States will increase at a whopping compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 73%, from approximately 5 million in 2000 to more than 84 million in 2005.
While consumer and business users both make up roughly equal pieces of the wireless Internet user base, business usage is expected to be higher in the near future. "Business users will lead the way in wireless adoption as they are usually the early ...