New Enterprise WLAN Forecast Consistent with Previous Projections for 2020


PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.  June 1, 2020 —  According to a newly released WLAN market report issued by 650 Group, revenues of the Enterprise Plus Outdoor Wireless LAN market declined 3%.  650 Group expects full-year 2020 revenues to decline, and following that, the market will rebound.  In the next year, Wi-Fi 6E Enterprise Plus Outdoor WLAN Access Points will begin shipping to enterprises.

“While the pandemic has negatively impacted the Enterprise WLAN market, we expect a rebound beginning in the second half of 2020. 650 Group quantitative studies of end-markets, verticals, including hospitality, retailing, and education have seen reductions in demand, while logistics and shipping have seen increases.  We are encouraged that the US FCC has rapidly moved forward with plans to allow indoor 6 GHz unlicensed wireless, which will lead to Enterprise Wi-Fi 6E shipments in the next year,” said Chris DePuy, Technology Analyst and Founder of 650 Group.  

Additionally, we have made the first and market-leading Enterprise-class Wi-Fi 7 Access Point forecast, which leverages the same new spectrum, and builds upon the expected progress of Wi-Fi 6E.  We expect these new Wi-Fi Access Points will see increased demand as companies leverage the new 6 GHz, first in the US, and then in other countries over the coming years, ” continued DePuy.

Cloud-managed Wireless LAN revenues associated with Enterprises experienced significant growth in 2019 and is forecast to continue its growth during the forecast period ending 2024.  The recently published report’s forecast includes the impact of new cloud-managed services that address the health crisis, including proximity tracing and hot zone alerting.  The report includes market share analysis on vendors including Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Allied Telesis, Arista Networks, Cambium Networks, Cisco Systems, Commscope, DasanZhone, Engenius, Everest Networks, Extreme Networks, Fortinet, H3C, Huawei, HPE Aruba, Juniper Networks, Lancom, Samsung, Ubiquiti and others.

For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com

About 650 Group 650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.  650 Group focuses on leading-edge market trends and research and prides itself on first to market research.

Recent FCC Ruling Opens Door to Expanded Spectrum and Capacity Boosted by 3-4X of Standard Wi-Fi Leading to Growth Opportunities

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.  April 23, 2020 —  According to a new forecast report issued by 650 Group, revenues for the Wi-Fi 6E-based Enterprise + Outdoor Wireless LAN market will exceed $1B by 2025. Additionally, the consumer WLAN infrastructure Wi-Fi 6E market, which includes routers, consumer mesh, extenders and broadband CPE with WLAN, will also grow to well over $1B in 2025.  

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has now unanimously approved draft rules for the 6 Ghz Band, unleashing 1,200 Megahertz for unlicensed Use  of Wi-Fi 6E technology, giving it significantly more performance and a wider reach of applications.

“650 Group expects broad range demand as 6 GHz spectrum-based Wi-Fi 6E technology will take hold in the U.S. market,” said Chris DePuy, founding analyst for 650 Group. “Wi-Fi 6E technology addresses myriad pressing needs for enterprises, and consumers, including enabling critical communications, supporting Gigabit per second class throughput, and, most urgently, addressing the new realities that Wi-Fi communications are more critical than ever before in the post COVID-19 world.”

For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or http://www.650group.com

About 650 Group 650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.  650 Group focuses on leading-edge market trends and research and prides itself on first to market research.
 

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. – Sept. 10, 2019 – A newly released report by 650 Group reveals 5% Y/Y revenue growth in the Enterprise plus Outdoor Wireless LAN market with a strong rebound in China, reversing a -4% decline into a 10% gain Y/Y. 
 
Emerging 802.11ax technology has shaped the future of the industry as vendors respond to new market requirements. The WLAN infrastructure industry has undergone significant change and restructuring. Juniper Network's acquired Mist Systems, Arista Networks bought Mojo Networks and Extreme Networks acquired Aerohive. 802.11ax. Each of these transactions result in bringing suites of products and capabilities that are necessary as we evolve to faster Wi-Fi speeds.
 
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Multi Gigabit Ethernet transitions have driven WLAN systems vendor consolidation,” said Chris DePuy, founding analyst for 650 Group. “Total WLAN infrastructure growth was robust in 2Q19, driven primarily by robust Consumer Broadband Customer Premises Equipment with WLAN (BB CPE w WLAN). 
 
Beginning in the next 2-3 years, we expect the adoption of IoT devices, including those involving video surveillance, will become significant enough to drive additional spending on WLAN infrastructure to sustain growth in the later years of the forecast.”

By 2022, Enterprise-class plus Outdoor WLAN products are expected to grow to over 35% greater than 2017 levels. Vendors included in the quarterly market share report are Aerohive, Arris/Ruckus Wireless, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Cisco, DELL, Extreme Networks, H3C, HPE Aruba, Huawei, Riverbed/Xirrus, Sundray, and Ubiquiti Networks. 

About the Unified Access and Cloud-Services Market Forecast and Quarterly Reports
The Unified Access and Cloud-Services Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the combined market of Campus Ethernet Switches and Enterprise-class WLAN infrastructure devices, as for cloud-managed Wi-Fi and switch services and related product revenues.  For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.
 
About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.  650 Group focuses on leading edge market trends and research and prides itself on first to market research.

Portola Valley, California – September 6, 2017 – A newly released report by 650 Group indicates that revenues for Cloud-Managed Services of the combined market of WLAN Infrastructure and Campus Ethernet switches grew over 60% year-over-year.  Campus Ethernet Switch and Wireless LAN combined revenues accelerated to 10% Y/Y.  On a Y/Y basis, vendors that took revenue share in the of Unified Access, which consists of Campus Ethernet Switches and Enterprise-class Wireless LAN, were Extreme, Huawei and Ubiquiti Networks.

“Cloud-managed services revenue grew faster on a Y/Y basis than the prior quarter’s rate due to several factors.  First, revenue growth for Unified Access products, which consist of Campus Ethernet switches and Enterprise-class Wireless LAN, grew at its fastest rate in years,” said Chris DePuy, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “Second, the trend towards cloud-managed is as strong as ever as enterprise customers move away from hardware-based Wireless LAN Controller systems that were invented over 15 years ago.   Third, and much more recently, some vendors have incorporated cloud-managed services to manage their Campus Ethernet Switch products in addition to their Wireless LAN products.”

Vendors included in this report include Aerohive, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Cisco, DELL, Extreme, H3C, HPE Aruba, Huawei, Juniper, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Networks and Riverbed Xirrus. Top revenue share vendors in the Unified Access market include Cisco, HPE Aruba and Huawei.  Top revenues in the cloud-managed Unified Access market include Cisco, Aerohive and HPE Aruba.

About the Unified Access and Cloud-Services Quarterly Report
The Unified Access and Cloud-Services Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the combined market of Campus Ethernet Switches and Enterprise-class WLAN infrastructure devices, as for cloud-managed Wi-Fi and switch services and related product revenues.  For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.
 
About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.  650 Group focuses on leading edge market trends and research and prides itself on first to market research.
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Portola Valley, California – June 1, 2017 – A newly released report by 650 Group indicates that the revenues in the Enterprise plus Outdoor segment of the Wireless LAN Market re-accelerated to 11% year-over-year growth in 1Q17.  The report highlights our expectation that new WLAN technology will be available at the end of this year.

“While there was a focus on 802.11ac Wave 2 in recent company results, we are looking forward to the next generation of technology, 802.11ax,” said Chris DePuy, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “Our expectation is that consumer-class WLAN devices will be available in the marketplace by year-end 2017.  Following this, in 2018, we expect enterprise-class WLAN devices to hit the market. We expect this new Wireless LAN technology will address many technical requirements for WLAN to maintain its nearly ubiquitous presence in enterprises, residences and at service providers.”

The Quarterly Wireless LAN Infrastructure report related to the Enterprise + Outdoor WLAN segment indicates that Cisco, HPE Aruba, and Huawei are the market leaders.  Additionally, cloud-managed WLAN services experienced 50% Y/Y revenue growth.
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About the Wireless LAN Infrastructure Quarterly Report
The Wireless LAN Infrastructure Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the Wireless LAN Infrastructure market.  The report covers Enterprise-class Access Points, Controllers, Outdoor Access Points, Consumer-class WLAN Routers, Extenders, and Access Points, as well as Consumer Mesh technologies for the following WLAN standards: 802.11a/g, 802.11n, 802.11ac Wave 1, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11ax, and 802.11ad.  The report includes additional segmentation such as cloud-managed WLAN services.  For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.
 
About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.