CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—More than 20 million Europeans will use public wireless local area networks (WLANs) by 2006, according to a new report from Analysys, a U.K.-based research firm.
According to the report, growing adoption of the IEEE 802.11b standard, which enables access to WLAN networks, in addition to widespread use of WLAN technology by companies, will lead to greater development of this market. The author of the report warns however that certain issues, namely the ability of public WLAN operators to provide wide coverage for potential users, will pose obstacles.
According to Analysys, there are currently between 10,000 and 20,000 users of WLAN technology, mostly in the United States.
