Mobile devices Toolkit

Wi-Fi to hold its own against WiMax 'past 2009'

Jo Best silicon.com

Published: 09 Mar 2006 17:00 GMT

Revenues from WiMax equipment are set for impressive growth, analysts report, but will continue to lag behind those from Wi-Fi.

Research company Infonetics predicts WiMax will reach revenues of $142m (£81.7m) this year, shooting up to $1.6bn by 2009.

While the milestone is an important one for the long-range broadband technology, revenues from WiMax pale in comparison to those from Wi-Fi, which jumped 10 percent year-on-year to reach $2.4bn.

Infonetics expects the Wi-Fi market to be worth $3.9bn before the end of the decade, largely driven by the enterprise segment, which will see a 120 percent jump in revenue between 2005 and 2009.

Did you find this article useful?
69 out of 133 people found this useful

Post a comment

Full Talkback thread

0 comments

More In Mobile devices

Company/Topic Alerts

Create a new alert from the list below:

Related Jobs

SAP FI/CO

SAP FI Consultant is required to join a Midlands based client. Key Skills: SAP, FI, CO, ECC 6.0, New GL (Computer Futures Solutions Limited acts as ...

SAP FI/CO Consultant, Short Term Project - Glasgow

I am currently looking for a SAP FI/CO Consultant for short term (4 weeks initially) project based in Glasgow. My client is currently upgrading SAP ...

SAP FI CO, MM, PM, PP & SD Consultants - Berkshire & Travel

SAP FI CO, MM, PM, PP & SD Consultants - Berkshire & Travel Permanent This award wining international SAP VAR requires dynamic, multi modular SAP ...

Featured Talkback

Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.