Education Academic institutions leverage the benefits of mobile connectivity are enabling users with notebook computers to connect to the university's network for collaborative class discussions and to the Internet for e-mail and web browsing. By carrying a handheld PC with a wireless LAN adapter, financial traders can receive pricing information from a database in real-time and improve the speed and quality of trades. Accounting audit teams increase productivity with quick network setup. Healthcare Using wireless handheld computers to access real-time information, healthcare providers increase productivity and quality of patient care by eliminating patient treatment delays, redundant paperwork, potential transcription errors, and billing cycle delays. Hospitality and Retail Hospitality services can use wireless LANs to directly enter and send food orders from the table.
Retail stores can use wireless LANs to set up temporary registers for special events.
Manufacturing Wireless networking helps link factory floor workstations and data collection devices to a company's network. Warehousing In warehouses, handheld and forklift-mounted data terminals with barcode readers and wireless data links are used to enter and maintain the location of pallets and boxes. Wireless improves inventory tracking and reduces the costs of physical inventory counts. A wireless LAN, or WLAN, uses wireless technology to allow computers to communicate. A WLAN can be either an extension to a current network, or an alternative to a wired network that uses traditional media.