LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Wireless Broadband Analyst report.
There were 84,283 hot spots worldwide at the end of the second quarter, said the report. The Asia-Pacific region is driving much of the growth, with hot spots growing 35 percent between second-quarter 2004 and second-quarter 2005 in the region. The fastest-growing Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi operator is Australia’s Telstra Corp., with 711 hot spots at the end of the second quarter, said the report.
Western Europe boasts a 42-percent share of the worldwide Wi-Fi market, followed by North America, which has a 26-percent share of the market, said the report.
