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Imagine a golf course that can sense rainfall, and adjust the automatic sprinkler system to delay a scheduled watering session or focus on parts of the course that didn't get as much rain as others. Or a hotel that can detect when a room is vacant, and turn off the heating or cooling systems in that room to save energy.

According to information released by Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) Research last week, combined revenues on equipment for two new wireless standards will exceed US$1.5 billion in 2008. However, according to one analyst with the firm, North Americans may not even notice that there are new standards on the block.

This year should be a big one for wireless networking, according to John Armstrong, an analyst with Dataquest Inc.