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March/2003 -- Welcome to my Mentoring section on Wireless Home Networking, which covers technologies that enable the integration of data, voice, entertainment, and control applications without the cost and complexity of running wires, and with the freedom of moving about. I look forward to your comments.
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Wireless in 2003: CES Shows Consumers the Way Each January, the International Consumer Electronics Show comes to Las Vegas, and I was pleased to see attendance break all previous records in the face of last year's economic recession. The show attracted more than 2,200 exhibitors and over 100,000 attendees. I attended CES to follow the wireless industry and offer this event report as an extension of a speech I gave to the International Wireless Packaging Consortium the week after the show. It was clear that all sorts of wireless markets remain hot -- from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, to mobile phones, satellite radio, GPS navigation, and more. All of this activity benefits consumers by driving down prices, improving performance, and adding function. Wireless PC adapters now sell for less than $50, and wireless routers sell for less than $100. Even with confusion among the competing standards, it's a good time to buy. While there was a lot to see and report on at CES, I think you'll find that this report covers the highlights in a concise fashion. About Wireless Home Networking – Wireless home networking is liberating. It sets you free from phone wires and Ethernet cables so you can move about the house and yard and still remain connected. With a wireless home network, you can read your personalized Wall Street Journal using a notebook PC on the kitchen table during breakfast, play along with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with your Web tablet on the sofa, and shop with a PDA from the patio or car. You’ll soon be able to access an automotive shop manual with streaming video from the garage, use a cordless phone to access PC and Internet applications, and stream Internet music and video from a service provider through a home gateway to a stereo or TV. While wireless is convenient and arguably best for mobile, battery-operated devices, it also solves some difficult home networking problems by eliminating the cost and complexity of running wires. That’s why wireless makes up over 90% (per Synergy Research Group) of no-new-wires home networking solutions. Wayne's Archives Wayne is a home networking visionary, frequent speaker, and author. His vision includes consumers with easy access to services and service providers with equal access to consumers, all without worrying about wiring or incumbent competitors that control the infrastructure. He has been actively involved in industry standards for residential gateways and wireless networks and wrote the market research report, "Information Appliances and Pervasive Net Access." Wayne retired from IBM after 30 years and then worked for Siemens IC Mobile as the Communications Chairman for the HomeRF Working Group, where he promoted home networking strategies that converge cordless telephone and wireless data networks to integrate voice and data applications. He now runs CAZITech Consulting Services. |
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