Worldwide Wireless LAN (WLAN) market achieved a record high in 2010 as revenues grew 25% to surpass $5bn, according to a new report by Dell’Oro Group.
The report revealed that the small office, home office (SOHO) segment crossed $3bn, and the Enterprise WLAN segment grew at its fastest rate since 2006 to exceed $2bn in 2010.
The research firm said that Alcatel-Lucent, Aruba, Belkin, NETGEAR, Tropos, and ZyXEL registered revenue growth rate of above 40% in 2010.
Dell’Oro Group wireless LAN research senior analyst Loren Shalinsky said the enterprise WLAN segment has seen seven straight quarters of revenue growth, having pushed its way over the $500m mark for the first time in the third quarter of 2010, and then over the $600m mark in the fourth quarter.
"Enterprise WLAN vendors recognised continued strength from the education and healthcare vertical segments, but also saw a corresponding rise from their general enterprise sales as well," Shalinsky said.
"We believe this to be another sign of the continued importance of wireless LAN to companies’ networking infrastructures, and of a worldwide economy that is on the upswing," Shalinsky said.
