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Consumer Market For Wi-Fi Grows Businesses Holding Off Wireless network gear took a hit as companies cut tech budgets in '01.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
Byline: MIKE ANGELL
The U.S. economy is rebounding -- thanks to spending by consumers, not businesses. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in the market for wireless network gear.
Wireless networking -- which uses a technical standard called Wi-Fi, or 802.11b -- first found favor with high-powered executives. They wanted access to the Internet from wherever they roamed.
But big businesses slashed tech budgets last year, and corporate Wi-Fi spending slowed. That's when consumers and small offices began taking up the slack. They snapped up Wi-Fi gear, linking their home devices to wireless networks.
In fact, sales of Wi-Fi gear to homes may soon exceed sales to businesses, analysts say. "All the companies targeting the consumer market are going to have a very good quarter," said Aaron Vance, an analyst at Synergy Research Group Inc.
As users get more comfortable with Wi-Fi and prices fall, the consumer market should continue to grow, analysts say.
The corporate market may be harder to predict. Many businesses worry that Wi-Fi gear isn't secure or that it will quickly grow obsolete. So they may hold off on investing in the technology.
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