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18 June 2009

 

802.11n grows as overall WLAN market shrinks 15% in Q1/09

In first-quarter 2009, the worldwide wireless local-area network (WLAN) market contracted more than 15% over the previous quarter, led by a sharp decline in the enterprise market, according to the ‘Wireless LAN Quarterly Report’ from market research firm Dell’Oro Group. The SOHO WLAN market fared better than enterprise as sales of wireless routers, particularly 802.11n, buoyed the market in Q1/2009.

“While 802.11n revenues increased in both the SOHO and enterprise WLAN segments in the first quarter, the sequential gain was more pronounced in the SOHO wireless router category,” says Ben Kwan, analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell’Oro. “During the first quarter, users opted to pay higher prices for the higher performance of 802.11n wireless routers, propelling 802.11n sales to become the majority of the market. Strong retail brands, D-Link and NETGEAR, benefited the most from this increased demand,” adds Kwan.

The report also indicates that the Asia Pacific region outperformed the total market as a result of the growth in the region.

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