Metro Wi-Fi Network Coverage to Top 126,000 Square Miles by 2010

• Posted: Friday, March 17, 2006
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Wi-Fi

In 2005, according to a report published by ABI Research, municipal Wi-Fi networks covered only about 1,500 square miles worldwide (3885 square kilometers). Yet by 2010, that figure is expected to increase to 126,000 square miles (over 325,000 square km), an area slightly larger than Poland, or the U.S. state of New Mexico. The bulk of these deployments will take place in North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

To serve those networks, more than one million wireless mesh routers will be shipped in 2010. The manufacturing revenues from those shipments will exceed US$ 1.2 billion.

According to the report, four significant trends are energizing this emerging market. Many local governments clearly wish to deploy municipal broadband networks, for public safety as well as increased government efficiency.

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