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Analysts expect the WiFi equipment market to become a $3 billion sector in the next three years. The reason: the emerging WiFi applications such as wireless game consoles, PDAs, cell phones and home entertainment systems. According to Chris Taylor, who heads the wireless components service at the Boston-based consultancy Strategy Analytics, “the market for WiFi chips will grow to more than $1.9 billion in 2006, and to $3 billion in 2010.” The company said the demand for transceivers, base-bands, and power amplifiers and other WiFi components is rising. Microsemi, Taylor revealed, is the leading supplier of modular components for WiFi networks but its market position is now being challenged by Anadigics, TriQuint, Fairchild, and RF Integrated.
Via [technewsworld.com]

Samsung unveiled its 4G WiBro (Wireless Broadband) technology at a forum it sponsored in Jeju Island, Korea. The company claims that WiMax’s cousin, which is based on the IEEE 802.16.e-2005 standard, generates a nomadic speed of 1 Gbps or 50 times speedier than 3G. This means that transferring 100 MP3 files (300Mb) will only take 2.4 seconds and an 800Mb movie, 5.6 seconds.
Via [weblog.infoworld.com]