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50 Incredible Wi-Fi Tech Statistics That Businesses Must Know
1.
2. At the end of 2013, there were more
mobile devices than people on earth.
SAP
3. Wi-Fi speeds have
increased significantly
with each release.
11a / 54Mbps / 1999
11n / 450Mbps / 2009
11ac-wave1 / 1.3Gbps / 2012
4. Wi-Fi / mobile data consumption is 44% higher
on screens 4.5” and larger.
NPD
5. 75% of people say 1
week without Wi-Fi would
leave them grumpier than
1 week without coffee.
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6. Most businesses are planning
to increase Wi-Fi capacity by at
least 20% in 2014.
75% of the increase is to support
mobile devices and BYOD users.
Infonetics, HP
7. 2/3 of enterprises
allow their employees
to bring their own
devices into the
enterprise today.
Infonetics
8. 38% of 2-year-olds
use mobile devices.
Average age for first
cell phone is now 13.
Common Sense Media, SAP
9. Smartphone users
spend an average of
60 minutes a day.
iPhone users average
90 minutes a day.
Experian
10. Numerous US football stadiums support over
30,000 Wi-Fi connections in a single game.
Extreme Networks
11. A Wi-Fi attack on an open network
can take less than 2 seconds.
Extreme Networks
12. There were 1 billion new
smartphones shipped in 2013.
IDC
13. There will be more than 7 billion
new Wi-Fi enabled devices
in the next 3 years.
Sys-Con
14. Wi-Fi has become the
medium of choice.
2/3 of US consumers prefer
Wi-Fi to Cellular.
Deloitte
15. The base version of 802.11 / Wi-Fi protocol was
released in 1997.
Wi-Fi Alliance
47. 94% of people cite Wi-Fi as
the most important amenity.
Hotel Chatter
48. 38% of those say no
Wi-Fi is a deal-breaker
and will book elsewhere.
Hotel Chatter
49. 60% of people can’t
go without Wi-Fi for
more than 1 day.
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50. More than 2.7 billion people
used the Internet in 2013.
That’s more than half the
world’s population.
StateTech
51. By 2020, it is predicted that 24 Billion
devices will be connected to the Internet.
The vast majority will
use some form of
wireless for access.
Gigaom