Dell'Oro Group's New Report Shows Rise in WLAN 3Q Revenues

Dell' (News - Alert)Oro Group, the source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, recently came up with the Wireless LAN Quarterly Report that showed that overall Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues grew more than 20 percent in the third quarter of 2011. The prime reason behind this growth, according to the study, is almost 40 percent growth in Enterprise WLAN.

The Dell'Oro report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the Service Provider, Enterprise, and SOHO markets This new research covers both outdoor units as well as indoor Enterprise-class devices.

The report said that among market share leaders the Enterprise WLAN market, Cisco Systems (News - Alert) was at the top. Whereas, Aruba Networks and Hewlett Packard came second and third, respectively. Netgear retains the number one revenue rank in the SOHO market with Cisco Systems and D-Link as second and third. In the Outdoor Mesh segment, BelAir Networks had the largest revenue, followed by Tropos Networks and Ruckus Networks.

“Service providers are motivated to differentiate service offerings to smartphone, tablet and notebook customers by expanding WiFi (News - Alert) services,” stated Chris DePuy, analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell'Oro Group. 

“Service providers with cellular infrastructures benefit as WiFi usage expands because this reduces demand on their more licensed spectrum networks,” added DePuy. 

In related news, Dell'Oro Group recently announced that Wireless Packet Core (WPC) market revenues grew 24 percent over the last year during the third quarter of 2011, as service provider demand for wireless data subscriber management remained robust. Ericsson maintained its market share lead in revenues, followed by Huawei (News - Alert) and Cisco.

The Dell'Oro Group Wireless Packet Core Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices and sessions shipped for Traditional Packet Core equipment (GGSN, SGSN, PDSN and ASN Gateway (News - Alert)) and Evolved Packet Core equipment (MME, Serving Gateway, PDN Gateway, and PCRF).

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Edited by Jennifer Russell