Worldwide 802.11 Wireless LAN Market Forecasted to Exceed $3 B by 2006 According to Dell'Oro Group 5 Year Forecast

Business Wire, July 31, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2002

According to Dell'Oro Group, the Wireless LAN -802.11 market (including 802.11a, 802.11b and Multimode products) is forecasted to grow from $1.2 B in 2001 to $3.1 B in 2006. SOHO infrastructure products are expected to comprise the largest portion of the revenue mix, versus Enterprise infrastructure products and NICs.

Wireless LAN (WLAN) has become the network of choice for the home. As a result of very aggressive price declines and a compelling application (sharing a broadband connection in the home), continued strong growth is expected for this market. Dell'Oro forecasts Y/Y revenue growth of approximately 40% from 2003 to 2006 for the SOHO infrastructure segment.

"We expect that the Enterprise segment of the WLAN market will strengthen once we have secure, interoperable, backward-compatible products, and once multimode becomes available at a relatively small price premium over previous generation products", said Seamus Crehan, a Senior Analyst at Dell'Oro Group.

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The Wireless LAN 5-Year Forecast Report offers a complete overview of the industry with tables convering revenue, port and price forecasts for various technologies: 802.11b, 802.11a, & Multimode (802.11b,a,g). Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in providing accurate and timely data on the networking industry. Dell'Oro Group reports focus on detailed quarterly analysis of market size, market share, port/unit shipments and average selling prices as it pertains to markets and vendors.