Home  |  Login  |  Language: EnglishJapanese
ContactContact
Dell’Oro Group

Print This PagePrint this page


Enterprise Products Drive Wireless LAN Market Growth in the Fourth Quarter 2005

SOHO Market Sees Double Digit Revenue and Shipment Growth in 2005

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 14, 2006 – A recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, reveals that the enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) market posted strong results in the last quarter of 2005, growing 29 percent year-over-year to $263 million, primarily on strong sales of dependent access points and WLAN Switch/Server/Appliances. Similarly, for the full-year 2005, the enterprise WLAN market also posted strong revenue results, growing 20 p percent as dependent-or thin-access point shipments tripled and WLAN Switch/Server/Appliance shipments doubled.

“The report also shows that sales of small office and home office (SOHO) WLAN equipment during 2005 increased 14 percent and unit shipments surged 33 percent.

"Wireless LAN equipment in the SOHO market is still used primarily to share a broadband connection," said Greg Collins, Senior Director of Wireless LAN Research at Dell’Oro Group. "We estimate over one-third of broadband subscribers had WLAN functionality at the end of 2005, up from approximately 25 percent at the end of 2004. Broadband services, including data, voice, and video, will increasingly rely on Wireless LANs to distribute content and services to multiple devices in the home," Collins added.

 

4Q05 Total Worldwide Enterprise Wireless LAN Market Leaders (Revenue)
Total Worldwide Market 4Q05
MFG Revenue ($ M) $ 263
   
Vendor Rank
Cisco 1
Symbol 2
Aruba 3

About the Report

The Dell’Oro Group Quarterly Wireless LAN Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, unit shipments, and average selling prices. The report tracks 802.11b, 802.11g, and multimode (802.11a/g) technologies in the following product categories: access points–enterprise, access points–SOHO, broadband gateways, and network interface cards/client devices. The report also tracks the wireless LAN switch / appliance, and wireless LAN server / appliance markets.

About Dell’Oro Group

As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell’Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enables 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.