According to a recent study by Currys, students would sooner buy a wireless router than an iron. Wireless Internet access is spreading fast, from homes to cafes and hotels. There are even plans to give whole cities wireless Internet access, either using Wi-Fi (eg in Norwich and San Francisco) or using WiMax, a long-range wireless broadband technology (eg in Milton Keynes).
More and more smart phones feature built-in Wi-Fi adaptors and there are even handsets designed to connect to specific wireless routers. Vonage, among others, has launched a phone that is pitched as a landline replacement -- the WiFi UTStarcom F1000. Netgear is launching a wireless Skype phone and you can now use Skype on your Wi-Fi enabled Pocket PC. There are even rumours that Skype is developing its software for phones running on the Symbian OS, which is used on many Nokia handsets.