In the coming year, Eaton said, smaller devices such as handhelds and cell phones likely will include wireless networking capabilities. Furthermore, he expects wireless networking to be integrated into consumer-electronic devices by the second quarter of 2003 and more desktop PCs to begin using Wi-Fi to connect to a network. Wi-Fi's ability to complement other emerging technologies, such as broadband and next-generation cellular networks, will help its growth, Eaton said. Wi-Fi will accelerate the adoption of broadband and fill in the gaps of wireless coverage where third-generation service is not available.

Eaton was critical, however, of companies that jump ahead of the standards approval process for new products in order to gain market share, "These actions undermine the value of an industry group," he told CNET News.com in an interview, Eaton added that a study group within the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers is looking into higher bandwidths for Wi-Fi but that products using new versions of Wi-Fi ted baker lyra iphone 7 mirror folio case - lake of dreams reviews are about three to five years away from market and speeds have not been determined..

A key figure for the Wi-Fi Alliance says the wireless networking industry will surpass the revenue of household products such as Budweiser beer by 2006. In a keynote speech at the 802.11 Planet Conference, Dennis Eaton, chairman of the alliance and a marketing manager at Wi-Fi chip maker Intersil, predicted several changes for the industry in the coming year as well as some of its biggest hurdles. During his speech, Eaton noted the wireless networking industry, which consists mostly of 802.11b-based products, is expected to bring in $2 billion in revenue this year. Those profits are expected to grow at a compounded rate of 30 percent through 2006, he said, surpassing revenue estimates of household products such as Budweiser beer, which is expected to bring in $5 billion this year.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, Cisco has also been paring down the number of companies that sell its equipment, part of an overall move to battle an "oversupply and over-distribution" problem, said Paul Mountford, Cisco's vice president of worldwide channels, Mountford said the company so far this year has eliminated 1,100 U.S, ted baker lyra iphone 7 mirror folio case - lake of dreams reviews Cisco resellers, That leaves Cisco with about 1,100 resellers in the Americas, he said, Pond claims cleaning up the bloat will cut costs, He added that dealing with fewer suppliers and manufacturers means that Cisco can "really introduce partners to our business."..

Pond and Mountford did not provide additional details about what companies had been cut from Cisco's line of product distribution partners. Cisco Systems plans to end relationships with 300 more equipment suppliers to further battle its excessive inventory problem, company executives say. Randy Pond, Cisco's senior vice president of worldwide manufacturing, said the changes will take place "soon," leaving the world's leading router maker with 350 raw materials suppliers. Of those 350, some "50 to 70 will represent the majority of our" suppliers, Pond told analysts attending two days of the company's financial presentations here.