Wireless LAN Infrastructure Market Posts Record $1.7B in Fourth Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group

Enterprise WLAN Selling Prices up 10% Sequentially

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Feb 29, 2012, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 /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 fourth quarter of 2011, overall Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues grew 14% over the same period last year, driven in part by a 10% quarter-over-quarter increase in Enterprise WLAN selling prices.

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Nearly a half-million units of Enterprise-class and outdoor WiFi devices were shipped to service providers in 2011, up 170% year-over-year.
Largest vertical markets, by units shipped, in the second half of 2011: Education at 22%, Healthcare at 14%, and Carpeted Enterprise at 12%.
We expect shipments of 802.11ac-based SOHO WLAN devices before the end of 2012 and of Enterprise WLAN by 2013.

"While traditional vertical markets such as education, healthcare and the carpeted enterprise remain the largest contributors to the enterprise segment, rapid growth in the service provider vertical is changing to the WLAN industry," stated Chris DePuy, Analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell'Oro Group. "The outdoor WiFi market is undergoing a rapid pace of innovation as service providers demand integration between cellular and WiFi radio technologies, as well as increased user management capabilities," continued DePuy.

In the fourth quarter, Cisco Systems maintained the majority revenue market share in the Enterprise WLAN market, followed by Aruba Networks and Hewlett Packard. In the SOHO market, Netgear retained the number one revenue rank, followed by Cisco Systems and D-Link. In the Outdoor Mesh segment, BelAir Networks is number one by revenue, followed by Tropos Networks and Ruckus Wireless.

About the Report
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 contact Jessica Hsueh, call +1.650.622.9400 x222 or email [email protected].

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