Smartphones and Tablets Change Wi-Fi Usage Profile

Android, iPhone and iPad accounted for about 16.53 percent of total Wi-Fi connections studies by Meraki, in middle of March 2010. As of March 14, 2011, these three devices now account for about 33 percent of the total connections to network.

Wi-Fi used to be about connecting PCs. It now is shifting to include connecting phones and tablets.

% (3/14/2010)	% (9/14/2010)	% (3/14/2011)
Total Devices	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
iPhone	15.96%	21.88%	23.53%
Android	0.57%	1.30%	5.19%
iPad	0.00%	2.08%	3.41%

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