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Wireless LAN Hardware Market Up 11% to $658M in 3Q03; Fledgling Wireless LAN Switch Market to Reach $169M by CY06 Thursday November 20, 6:26 pm ET LONDON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide wireless LAN hardware revenue topped $658 million in the third quarter, up 11% from the second quarter, and is projected to grow to $3.6 billion in 2006, more than doubling from $1.6 billion in 2002, according to Infonetics Research`s quarterly worldwide market share and forecast service, Wireless LAN Hardware. Growth in the market is being driven by the widespread popularity of WiFi across enterprise, consumer, and hotspot markets as mobility becomes ingrained both as a way of working and in consumer lifestyles. "One of the most interesting aspects of this market is the wireless LAN switch segment, which is immature but has strong potential. Port shipments grew 95% to 23,000 this quarter, and revenue grew 100% to $12 million," said Infonetics Research`s Richard Webb, lead analyst of the report. "This hearty growth is due mostly to the fact that this quarter marks the first quarter of recognized shipments and revenue for several vendors. But we forecast healthy quarterly revenue and port growth in the double-digit percentages through 2004, and annual revenue and port growth in the double- to triple-digit percentages through 2006, at which time worldwide revenue for wireless LAN switches will reach $169 million. However, this is a conservative forecast based on initial results. If the wireless LAN switch vendors can get into the larger enterprise, this figure will be much larger." 3Q03 Market Highlights -- Cisco is the number one worldwide vendor with 14% of the worldwide total wireless LAN hardware revenue market share -- Linksys is a close number two with 13% -- Wireless specialists Symbol and Proxim continue to do well in the enterprise segment but without a focus on the consumer market, they lose out relative to the high-volume, lower-cost players such as Linksys, Buffalo, NETGEAR, and D-Link -- Consumers make up 42% of the wireless LAN hardware revenue, enterprises 47%, and service providers 11%; this breakdown will change as enterprise-class switching and security systems drive adoption into the enterprise market, and as service providers roll out wireless hotspots in public spaces -- North America accounts for 52% of WLAN hardware revenue; EMEA for 25%, Asia Pacific for 19%, and CALA for 4% Wireless LAN Hardware tracks WLAN access points (standalone, wireless broadband gateways, bridges, and switches), and NICs (USB, PCI, PCMCIA cards). Access points and NICs are broken out by 802.11a vs. 802.11b vs 802.11g, and the wireless LAN hardware revenue total is broken out by enterprise vs. consumers vs. service providers. Standalone access points are broken out by SOHO/consumer vs. service provider/enterprise. Forecasts and market share are updated quarterly and cover all regions (worldwide, North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and CALA). Companies tracked in this service include 2Wire, 3Com, Actiontec, Airespace, Aruba Networks, Avaya, Belkin, Buffalo Technology, Cisco, D-Link, Enterasys, HP, Linksys, NETGEAR, Nortel Networks, Proxim, SMC, Symbol, Trapeze Networks, US Robotics, ZyXEL, and others. For the table of contents, log on to the new Infonetics Research Information Portal and download it at www.info.infonetics.com or contact Larry Howard, vice president, at larry@infonetics.com, 408-298-7999, ext. 225. Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm covering the data networking and telecommunications industries in North America, Europe, and Asia. Infonetics helps companies develop, market, and sell products and services by providing objective analysis of end-users, service providers, and product manufacturers. Infonetics has offices in Silicon Valley, the Boston Metro Area, and London. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Infonetics Research |
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