Wi-Fi Gets Mixed Messages

One speaker predicted that wireless Internet access will have explosive growth, while another group of speakers warned Wi-Fi vendors against taking their companies public at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo Wednesday.

Attendees at Wi-Fi Planet, in Baltimore this week, seemed to get a mixed message from some of the speakers. Yogesh Gupta, chief technology officer at Computer Associates International Inc., predicted explosive growth for wireless Internet access. He described the not-too-distant future when car manufacturers will be able to diagnose and fix most problems through a wireless software upgrade sent to cars parked in their owners’ driveways.

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