software houses educational institutions in the country and i think if clearances from the government are made easier deployment would be faster according to joy nandi cofounder of bangalore labs wlan is not a replacement for the wired lan but is more of a complement to what existsuniversities manufacturing companies hospitals and offices go in for this to increase user productivity and realtime access to information he added interestingly mack palomaki an expert in bluetooth and wireless space adds with bluetooth technology not yet taking off worldwide the 80211 has an edge over it in the market with readyto use products 80211 offers high data rates of 11 mb per second and radios can easily be integrated with notebooks and pc and worldwide there are public wlans coming up and a business user can stay connected to the corporate lan through a public wlan bluetooth is mainly meant as a personal area network ie one equipment talking to the other singapores changi airport and the dallas airport in texas have a public wlan so if you are waiting for flights all you got to do is get a networking interface card nic from the airport authorities slide it into your laptop sit anywhere work or play if you wish look ma no wires a corporate user can access shared information without looking for a place to plug in network managers can set up or augment networks without installing or moving wires a home user can connect multiple pcs handhelds and other electrical appliances access broadband network enabling simultaneous access to the internet also if voice over ip gets enabled you can have multiple cordless phones in the house with no individual base stations