As per a recent survey, dial-up Internet is on its path to extinction, as WLAN becomes the top choice of people & industry professionals.
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) is now a leading connective choice of mobile professionals encouraging wider array of multi-mode/ multi-radio handheld devices, influencing WiFi's omnipresence, as per a recent survey by Strategy Analysts.
WiFi has outperformed dial-up this year as the top choice for remote access & has beaten dial-up by a healthy margin. An encouraging 35% of business users in USA use WLAN as a primary method for remote communication while dial-up is being used by 11% of users, at par with fixed broadband.
"The WLAN industry being one of the fastest growing segments in the global communications industry, it provides a ray of hope to rather grim global economic situation. WLANs have gained wide acceptance, over the past decade, among various different market segments, especially in retail, manufacturing, warehousing, education, and healthcare. WLANs are replacing wired LANs in offices and factories in order to provide employees with un-tethered access to the corporate network", as per the report "Wireless Industry: Upcoming Market Strategies and Technology Trends" published by RNCOS.
WLAN is now looking beyond notebook PCs. It is now being used in various other applications, 4 out of 5 notebooks in USA have WiFi, with 88% of industry professionals using the technology quite actively. Influenced by WLAN infrastructure proliferation & notebook penetration, WLAN adoption is indeed prevailing for remote communication.
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