Market Highlights
Wireless local area network or WLAN is a range of networks which facilitates one or more devices to link with the help of wireless distribution method. Throughout the 21st century, WLAN has found wide application in almost every sphere of life. It is extensively used in every possible vertical which incorporates products or services relating to information technology. WLAN enables devices to link on WAN and explore. Continuous advancement of network infrastructure in corporate settings coupled with the adoption of BYOD has been the key wlan market trends. These trends are largely influencing the growth of the WLAN market positively. Increasing focus on the fundamental business and the obtainability of tailored WLAN products for the small and medium enterprises is also responsible for the expansion of the global market.
Augmented application of portable and mobile devices in verticals to ease the operation technique and data sharing, has been a primary driver for the worldwide WLAN market. Surging demand of cloud applications and the impact of IoT is further stimulating the global WLAN market demand. However, lack of skilled personnel and concerns related to bandwidth and latency is hindering the growth of the global enterprise WLAN market. A recent upsurge in the number of associated devices like media players (smart TVs, smart set-top boxes), mobile computing devices (tablets, PCs, and smartphones), wearables (smart bands, smart glasses, and smart watches), and smart home appliances are estimated to proliferate the prospects for market growth throughout the tenure of forecast.
Market Drivers & Trends
The global WLAN market is basking in the attention showered on it by a number of linked devices such as mobile computing devices (smartphones, tablets, and PCs), media players (smart set-top boxes, smart TVs), wearables (smartwatches, smart bands, and smart glasses), and smart home appliances. As these have been increased in usage, the market is boosting at a higher rate due to these factors during the assessment period.
With an aim to better the overall performance and service of the network, new administrators or network operation centers are opening up by the key players, which is yet another major factor behind the market’s growth. Through this, the market is getting substantial attention, which is creating positive growth graph for the market.
Furthermore, the driving factors for the WLAN market is accounted to the pattern of maximum data usage by the end-users when they are stationary such as, in homes, restaurants, and workplace.
Segmentation:
The worldwide WLAN market is divided on the basis of technology standards, component, application, region, and location. The component segment is further segregated into router, controller, access point (AP), network interface card (NIC), and switch. On the basis of location, the segment has been further categorized into outdoor and indoor WLAN. According to technology standards, WLAN market has been categorized into 802.11n, 802.11ac, and 802.11a/b/g. WLAN market provides a wide range of application areas such as government, healthcare, BFSI, retail, IT, and others.
Regional Analysis
The competitive scenario of worldwide wireless local area network market is created by the prominent players of the market along with some of the new players. North America represents the largest wlan market size owing to technological progressions in the region. Europe holds the second largest wlan market share which is followed by APAC. Wlan market growth is the swiftest in APAC. Asia Pacific has the largest deployment of the cloud-based solutions. The region is outlaying in the telecommunication and IT sector.
Industry Updates
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has recently announced that it is altering the rules of networking with the launch of software and switching innovations framed to address the unique requirements of today’s modern enterprise branch, data center, and campus. The Aruba CX Switching Portfolio now encompasses the CX 6400 Series modular access and Aruba CX 6300 Series fixed configuration, aggregation and core switches, while conveying the latest upgradations in the AOS-CX operating system. This offers network operators a simple, end-to-end switching framework to dramatically enhance business outcomes today and through the future.
Zebra Technologies Corporation, a reformer at the edge of the organizations with solutions and partners that facilitate businesses to obtain a performance edge, recently declared that it has attained Cortexica Vision Systems Ltd., a London-headquartered spearhead in business-to-business (B2B) computer vision-based artificial intelligence (AI) services.
Key Players
The dominant players in the WLAN market include Aruba Networks, Inc. (U.S.), Cisco (U.S.), Ruckus Wireless (U.S.), HP (U.S.), Aerohive Networks (U.S.), Ubiquiti Networks (U.S.), Netgear (U.S.), Zebra Technologies (U.S.), D-Link (Taiwan), Huawei (China), Belkin International, Inc. (U.S.), TP-Link (China), Dell Inc. (U.S.), Alcatel Lucent Enterprises (U.S.), Boingo Wireless (U.S.), Zte Corporation (China), Juniper Networks (U.S.), and Allied Telesis (U.S.), among others.
