Wireless will outpace wireline in 2006.

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For the first time, U.S. businesses of all sizes will spend more on wireless voice services than on wireline in 2006, according to In-Stat. Wireless data services will make significant gains this year as well as over the next several years, the high-tech market research firm reported. Expenditures by enterprise firms with 1,000 or more employees on wireless data will grow an average of 18 percent annually through 2009.

"The transformation of telecom spending continues unabated" said Bryan Van Dussen, In-Stat analyst. "The relentless march toward IP-based networks, the unequivocal adoption of mobile solutions, and the pervasiveness of broadband...