Back in January of 2005, Dell'Oro Group predicted that the wireless LAN (WLAN) market would grow to $4.3 billion by 2009. In early 2007, CRN reported that the market had surpassed $3.6 billion in 2006. If all that is true, the 2009 numbers will be reached by die beginning of 2008 or a little after. The vendors are promoting wireless connectivity very heavily as a replacement - not an alternative - to wired networks. Cisco has made huge investments in development and acquisition as an example of this market growth. The new 802.11n standard, though hotly debated, is likely to play a major part in driving the WLAN market as well. Virtually all of the products we tested support 802.11n one way or another.
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