Global WLAN market revenue continues to increase

2021-03-16 04:00

Worldwide revenue for the combined consumer and enterprise WLAN market segments increased 17.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2020 and grew 10.3% for the full year, according to IDC. The enterprise segment grew revenues an impressive 10.3% year over year in 4Q20 to reach $1.86 billion and 1.9% for the full year 2020, reaching $6.35 billion.

Overall unit shipments in the enterprise WLAN market grew 14.0% in 4Q20 compared to a year earlier.

"The enterprise WLAN market showed strength in the fourth quarter of 2020 and drove the full year 2020 results to just under 2.0% growth," said Brandon Butler, senior research analyst, Network Infrastructure, IDC. "Given the challenges faced by organizations due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the WLAN market's growth for the full year exemplifies how enterprises continue to prioritize wireless as a connectivity method."

In North America, the United States' enterprise WLAN market grew 10.6% year over year in 4Q20 while Canada's grew 10.2%. For the full year, the U.S. enterprise WLAN market grew 4.9%. Across Europe, Central and Eastern Europe's enterprise WLAN market increased 9.9% in the quarter and was up 1.5% for the full year, with Russia increasing 17.0% in 4Q20. In Western Europe, the enterprise WLAN market fell 3.8% in the quarter and was off 8.7% for the full year, with the United Kingdom dropping 10.2% year over year in 4Q20 and France declining 4.5% in the quarter.

Enterprise WLAN vendor updates Cisco's enterprise WLAN revenues increased 2.4% year over year in 4Q20, but the company ended 2020 with full-year revenues declining 2.5%. Cisco remains the market share leader, finishing the year with 42.7% share.

Ubiquiti enterprise WLAN revenues increased 37.5% year over year in 4Q20 and rose 22.3% for the full year, giving the company 8.4% market share.

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