Network World - Revenues for wireless LAN products dropped 7% in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. The drop in part is due to buyers delaying purchases as they wait for new WLAN products based on the so-called "Gigabit Wi-Fi" standard, IEEE 802.11ac, according to Infonetics Research.
For the quarter, global sales of enterprise WLAN access points, controllers and Wi-Fi phones totaled $1 billion, a rare quarter-to-quarter drop. But compared to Q1 2012, the period was up 18%. It was the 14th quarter in a row for double-digit revenue growth.
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Cisco now holds just over half the global WLAN market, with Aruba a distant No. 2. They're the only two vendors with double-digit share, according to Infonetics. Ruckus Wireless and HP are in a dead heat for third place. With Aruba, the three vendors account for slightly less than 25% of the market. "Others" comprise the remainder.
"As we've cautioned before, growth in the WLAN market is slowing as the transition to 802.11n winds down and buyers await the arrival of 802.11ac products," said Infonetics Research analysts Matthias Machowinski in a statement. He clearly sees this quarter-to-quarter drop as a temporary lag, since overall growth is being driven by still-strong trends: "more wireless devices, mobility, and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement."
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