Enterprise WLAN on a roll; shopper WLAN declining

Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E, the latest requirements within the WLAN business, proceed to drive development within the enterprise section of the market. Wi-Fi 6 Dependent Entry Factors (APs) made up 78.6% of dependent AP revenues.

In the meantime, Wi-Fi 6E, which expands Wi-Fi’s use to the 6 GHz band of spectrum, noticed continued fast momentum, with revenues rising 14.1% sequentially from 4Q22 to 1Q23 to make up 10.4% of dependent AP revenues.

The buyer section of the WLAN market declined 8.8% yr over yr in 1Q23. Adoption of Wi-Fi 6 continues within the shopper section of the WLAN market too: In 1Q23, Wi-Fi 6 made up 47.6% of the market section’s revenues.

“A big issue driving WLAN market development continues to be the easing of the element shortages and provide chain disruptions, permitting distributors to acknowledge income from fulfilling backlogged product orders,” says IDC‘s Brandon Butler, “in the meantime, the continued adoption of latest Wi-Fi requirements provides to market momentum.”

The enterprise WLAN market had typically sturdy outcomes throughout the globe.

Within the US, the market elevated 67.4% yr over yr in 1Q23.

In Canada the market rose 51.6%.

In Latin America the market rose 80.9%.

In Western Europe, the market elevated 51.2% in

In Central and Jap Europe, the market declined 2.5%.

Within the Center East & Africa area, market revenues rose 37.8%.

In Asia/Pac  (excluding Japan and China), the market rose 33.0%.

In China, the market declined 13.0%

In Japan the market rose 3.7%.

• Cisco’s enterprise WLAN revenues elevated 62.7% yr over yr in 1Q23 to $1.3 billion. The corporate’s market share stood at 47.1% on the finish of the quarter.
• HPE-Aruba revenues rose 39.5% yr over yr in 1Q23, giving the corporate a market share of 16.0% within the quarter.
• Huawei enterprise WLAN revenues rose 44.1% yr over yr in 1Q23, giving the corporate a market share of 4.6%.
• Ubiquiti enterprise WLAN revenues elevated 18.7%, giving the corporate 5.9% market share.
• CommScope revenues elevated 62.6% yr over yr within the quarter, giving the corporate market share of 4.5%.