Press Release

 

August 17, 2004

 

For Immediate Release

 

For more information contact:

Aaron Vance

Senior Analyst

(602) 287-9097 ex. 3

avance@srgresearch.com

 

 

 


Enterprise WLAN Switch/Controller Market Doubles Sequentially

                                                                                                            

Enterprise Market Driven by Strong Quarters from Airespace, Aruba, Cisco, SpectraLink, and Symbol According to Synergy Research Group

 

Scottsdale, Arizona – In Q2 2004 the Worldwide Enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) Switch/Controller Market grew 105 percent. The top three fastest growers in the quarter in ranked order include Symbol, Airespace, and Hewlett-Packard.

 

SRG found that Enterprise WLAN equipment sales were up 14 percent, while SOHO/Home WLAN Equipment sales fell 12 percent.  Since the SOHO/Home segment represents more than 53 percent of the total WLAN market, this resulted in an overall flattening of the WLAN market in Q2.

 

“Q2 was characterized by softness in the SOHO/Home segment, due in large part to seasonality common in the quarter,” said Aaron Vance, Senior Analyst at the Synergy Research Group. “In the Enterprise, WLAN sales are being driven by the growing size of the average Enterprise deployment.  Furthermore, sales of WLAN Switches/Controllers and ‘Light’ APs are also helping to drive growth, and those categories now represent more than 20% of the Enterprise WLAN Infrastructure segment.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1. Q2 2004 Enterprise WLAN Market Shares

 

Position

 

Q-Q Growth

 

 

 

 

Cisco

1

 

10.4%

 

 

 

 

Symbol

2

 

48.0%

 

 

 

 

Proxim

3

 

5.6%

3Com

4

 

-34.3%

Table 2. Q2 2004 SOHO/Home WLAN Market Shares

 

Position

 

Q-Q Growth

 

 

 

 

Linksys

1

 

-4.5%

 

 

 

 

D-Link

2

 

-18.7%

 

 

 

 

NETGEAR

3

 

-2.4%

 

 

 

 

Buffalo

4

 

-18.4%

 

 

Notable sequential market share gainers for the quarter included Airespace, Aruba, Belkin, Cisco, Linksys, NETGEAR, SpectraLink, and Symbol.

 

Additionally, Synergy’s coverage of the WLAN market now includes Enterprise Wireless Switches/Controllers and “Light” Access Points.

 

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About Synergy Research Group

 

Synergy Research Group (SRG) is a market research firm, which specializes in quarterly market analysis, market share, forecasting, and strategic consulting. SRG offers a wide breadth of market research services to the equipment manufacturing, semiconductor, and financial communities. Synergy can be found at www.srgresearch.com

 

The contents of this press release represent SRG’s interpretation and analysis of statistics and information collected from authorized company representatives, industry sources, and SRG estimates. SRG does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the statistics or information contained in this release.