Enterprise Wireless LAN Revenues Accelerate to 40% Year-over-Year, According to Dell'Oro Group

Motorola Solutions and Alcatel-Lucent Exhibit Greatest Sequential Growths

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Aug 30, 2011, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, revealed that in the second quarter of 2011, overall Wireless LAN revenues grew 24% over the same period last year, driven in large part by exceptionally strong Enterprise WLAN growth of 40%. All three segments, Service Provider Mesh, Enterprise, and Small Office, Home Office (SOHO), were up year-over-year by double-digit percentages during the quarter.

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"Large wins drove exceptional sequential quarters for some vendors, including Motorola Solutions, up over 100% and Alcatel-Lucent, up over 80%," stated Chris DePuy, Analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell'Oro Group. "This is an indication of how important WLAN is becoming to enterprises and service providers – that a handful of wins can register in the tens of millions of dollars for any single customer in any given quarter," added DePuy. Also, during the second quarter, the Enterprise WLAN market posted its largest sequential growth in shipments since 2004.

Another finding of the report is the growing importance in the so-called "carpeted enterprise" of the iPad and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomena. Enterprises are generating an increasing percentage of WLAN vendors' revenues as a result of these high-growth trends. These same devices are driving demand in SOHO environments, benefitting vendors such as Netgear, Cisco and DLink, ranked #1, #2 and #3 by revenue share in the SOHO segment.

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The Dell'Oro Group Wireless LAN Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the Service Provider, Enterprise, and SOHO markets with tables containing manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and unit shipments by the following wireless standards: 802.11g, 802.11a/g and 802.11n. To purchase this report, please call Emily Kendall at +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email [email protected].

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As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com.

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