Wi-Fi Adoption
Wi-Fi Users by Region (in thousands)
2004 2005 2006 2009
Asia Pacific 32,937 55,341 81,048 168,193
Western Europe 16,681 24,877 33,546 63,746
Central and Eastern Europe 2,109 3,172 4,383 9,875
Latin America 2,386 3,401 4,528 8,331
Africa/Middle East 287 664 1,096 2,747
North America 20,570 30,235 40,454 74,174
Total 74,969 117,690 165,056 327,066
Wi-Fi Paid Subscribers by Region (in thousands)
2004 2005 2006 2009
Asia Pacific 765 1,950 3,540 9,585
Western Europe 333 921 1,747 5,118
Central and Eastern Europe 14 45 102 461
Latin America 46 135 262 769
Africa/Middle East 0 12 32 136
North America 700 1,480 2,844 7,219
Total 1,858 4,542 8,528 23,286

Source: Pyramid Research, as of Sept. 30, 2005

Wi-Fi Gaining Traction


Global Wi-Fi usage is soaring. The wireless technology, which allows people to roam around small areas while surfing the Web with a laptop or PDA, is gaining popularity in every market around the world. But the number of paid subscribers is much lower than the number of actual users, many of whom surf for free or use Wi-Fi at home or in the office.

Posted: 10/3/05

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