1Gbps Wi-Fi Soon Coming To a Billion Devices

Not only is 1Gbps heading for your Wi-Fi network by next year, it will be instantly über popular. The new 802.11ac 1G Wi-Fi standard hasn't even been ratified by the IEEE yet and In-Stat predicts that by 2015, consumers will have bought nearly 1 billion devices that use it. 1G Wi-Fi, which will use radio spectrum in a range below 6GHz, will be embedded in mobile phones, e-readers and automotive infotainment systems, the study reports. It further predicts:

• Mobile devices with embedded Wi-Fi will make up most of the market. In 2015, shipments of mobile phones with embedded Wi-Fi are projected to approach 800 million.
• By 2015, In-Stat projects that 100% of mobile hotspot shipments will be 802.11ac-enabled.
• E-readers Wi-Fi attach rates will increase from 3% in 2009 to 90% by 2015. In 2012, Wi-Fi automotive shipments will reach nearly 20 million.

Note that the standard that will bring all this speedy delirium to mobile device users is still very much a work in progress.

"The timing for 802.11ac approval is to have a draft standard created by 2011 and have the first 802.11ac products out by the end of 2012," said Frank Dickson, In-Stat vice president of research in a statement. "The technology behind 802.11ac has not been finalized. However, it will likely involve bonding four or even eight channels together and some tweaks to the modulation scheme."

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