AT&T’s experience with Wi-Fi underscores the technology’s explosion. For the first three months of 2009, AT&T reported 10.5 million Wi-Fi connections, more than triple the amount for the first quarter of 2008, and more than half the 20 million total Wi-Fi connections in all of 2008.
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The carrier’s most recent fiscal quart indicates even more growth. "Through the end of May, we did as many connections as we did for the entire year last year," says Dennis Whiteside, AT&T assistant vice president for consumer markets.
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