From ABI Research comes the prediction that Wi-Fi location will “outstrip
 all other location technologies including GPS, cellular and MEMs, with shipments reaching more than 1 billion by 2015. ”

Senior analyst Patrick Connolly comments: “Location-based services, revenues and advertising are the hot topics of 2010 as companies grapple to gain control of this market. The key is accurate, ubiquitous location-finding across a variety of portable devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops. ABI Research has forecast that with the proliferation of Wi-Fi and increasingly lower cost or free location engines, it will become the most widely available location technology over the next five years.”