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Worldwide WLAN Market Sees Robust Growth Across Regions in the Second Quarter of 2016, According to IDCThe combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 6.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), and increased 6.7% on a sequential basis. According to the results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker, the enterprise segment grew 9.4% year over year in 2Q16, representing its strongest growth in over two years. The sustained growth observed so far in 2016 can be attributed to refresh cycles and the funding of digital transformation initiatives in many enterprises. The 802.11ac standard has achieved market dominance and now accounts for 59.9% of dependent access point unit shipments and 77.4% of dependent access point revenues, representing a noticeably faster adoption rate from 802.11n than what we saw with the 802.11a/b/g to 802.11n transition several years ago. Meanwhile, consumer WLAN market revenue saw growth for the first time since 2014, increasing 3.1% on a year-over-year basis in 2Q16. The adoption of the 802.11ac standard in the consumer market has been significantly slower than in the enterprise segment. In 2Q16, the 802.11ac standard accounted for just 22.6% of shipments and 51.3% of revenue in the consumer category. "Recognizing the critical role that WLAN plays in IT's mobility and digital initiatives, enterprises are committing to WLAN upgrades and refreshes," said Nolan Greene, senior research analyst, Network Infrastructure at IDC (News - Alert). "Even as global economic indicators are mixed, IDC believes that enterprises will continue to invest in robust WLAN infrastructure in order to compete effectively in the digital economy." From a geographic perspective, the enterprise WLAN market saw its strongest growth rates in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan)(APeJ), which saw 14.6% year-over-year growth in 2Q16. Growth leaders in APeJ included Vietnam (up 79.4% year over year) and Korea (up 48.3%). Western Europe saw a healthy 13.6% increase year over year in 2Q16 after a tepid 1Q16. Growth leaders in this region are Spain (up 46.7%) and Sweden (up 40.5%). Central and Eastern Europe returned to growth in 2Q16, increasing 11.0% year over year. Croatia (up 44.2% year over year) and Romania (up 39.9%) finished as the region's pacesetters. Growing below the market rate in 2Q16 were North America, which recorded 7.3% year-over-year growth in 2Q16, Latin America which increased by 6.8% in the same period, and Middle East and Africa (MEA), rising 1.5% over 2Q15. Standouts in the latter two regions included Colombia (up 132.0% year over year) and Israel (up 54.6%), respectively. Japan recorded a year-over-year decline in 2Q16, contracting 2.4%. "EMEA experiencing robust growth across key countries and APeJ continuing to perform well in 2Q16 helped lift the overall market to its best growth in some time," said Petr Jirovsky, research manager, Worldwide Networking Trackers. "Nearly unilateral growth across regional markets speaks to the mission-criticality of WLAN for strategic initiatives in the enterprise." Key Enterprise WLAN Vendor Updates:
An interactive graphic showing the relative market shares of the top 5 vendors in the worldwide enterprise WLAN market for the previous five quarters is available here. Instructions on how to embed this graphic into online news articles and social media can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com. The IDC Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker provides total market size and vendors share data in an easy-to-use Excel Pivot Table format. The geographic coverage includes eight major regions (USA, Canada, Latin America, AP excluding Japan, Japan, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa) and 58 countries. The WLAN market is further segmented by product class, product type, product, standard, and location. Measurement for the WLAN market is provided in factory revenue, customer revenue, and unit shipments. For more information about IDC's Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker, please contact Kathy Nagamine ([email protected]).
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