Wireless Technologies Today

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Wireless Technologies Today

Everyday we as a society employ our wireless technologies throughout the day, sometimes even subconsciously. We wake up and check our cell-phones and PDA’s for information concerning the success of our day. We get to our respective workplace and our company’s wireless technologies, such as implemented wide area networks for quick and accurate communication of information between corporate officers or for communication of information to maximize manufacturing at a plant.

According to an article posted by Texas Instruments written by Computerworld, “Purchases of wireless hardware reached $2.2 billion in 2002 and are expected to top $3.9 billion by 2006, according to research firm In-Stat/MDR. Units sold will skyrocket from 18 million to 75 million in 2006, which suggests that the cost of deploying wireless will continue to fall.”(Wireless Gets Down to Business)

“The convergence of computing and communications will be complete when consumers and businesses everywhere are always on the Net, and wireless is the primary way this will be achieved” declares Pat Gelsinger, vice president and chief technology officer at Intel. “Wireless is like the PC was 20 years ago – everything is changing so rapidly you can barley stay abreast of the frenzied, chaotic pace.”(Wireless Improves Factory Efficiency)

Through innovations in computing and communication technologies, businesses are providing the devices, wireless capability products and frameworks the world demands to expand the benefits of wireless capability for a wireless tomorrow.

Discussion:

The topic I chose is wireless communications, by all indications a mainstay in many processes throughout the diverse collection in United States indust...

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... of wireless capability for a wireless tomorrow.

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