"The price points were high when Bluetooth and 802.11 used dongles," said Emergent Networks' Sullivan. "Users were not that comfortable with wireless. Now they are. Look at Intel. First it expounded a wireless local-area network (WLAN) solution. Now that view has expanded to envisioning a UWB radio in every Pentium chip."
That day, most likely, will come because many observers expect PC makers to jump on the UWB bandwagon.
"Putting UWB radios in PCs will eliminate the wires from the backplane while adding new functionality and improved capabilities," Sullivan said.
Enterprises Must Develop Plans
On the one hand, enterprises must develop plans and future guidelines for supporting multiple wireless network technologies. On the other, looking ahead isn't that easy, said Gartner's Bruederle, because UWB is some five years from reaching maturity and a lot can happen in that time.
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