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| 4Q 2004 WLAN Market Share Report |
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In 4Q04, worldwide Wi-Fi revenue increased
by 17% Year over Year (YoY), up from $565 million in 4Q03. Revenue
for multimode products alone grew by 54%. Multimode products are capable
of operating at 2.4GHz or 5GHz.
Although 802.11b shipments are rapidly declining, shipments
for 802.11g and multimode products both increased in 4Q04. The fastest
growing segment was multimode access products, which increased by
52%.
Additionally, products that embed WLAN in broadband equipment
are quickly starting to outpace SOHO WLAN products.
Although ratification of the 802.11n IEEE WLAN specification
isn't expected until late 2006, vendors have started to offer enhanced
products using a combination of proprietary technologies. In December,
Belkin began offering "pre-N" routers and adapters. Leading vendors,
including Linksys, Netgear and D-Link, have announced Multiple-Input/Multiple-Output
(MIMO)-based products. MIMO is a technique for boosting wireless bandwidth
and range, which will enable better performance for applications such
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Table 1. Worldwide
Wi-Fi Unit Shipments (K) and Market Share
- Table 2. Worldwide
Wi-Fi Mfg Revenue (K) and Market Share
- Table 3. Total
APs - Unit Shipments (K) and Market Share
- Table 4. Total
APs - Mfg Revenue (K) and Market Share
- Table 5. Total
NICs - Unit Shipments (K) and Market Share
- Table 6. Total
NICs - Mfg Revenue (K) and Market Share
- Table 7. Total
APs 802.11a - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 8. Total
APs 802.11a - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 9. Total
APs 802.11b - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 10. Total
APs 802.11b - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 11. Total
APs 802.11g - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 12. Total
APs 802.11g - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 13. Total
APs Multimode - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 14. Total
APs Multimode - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 15. Total
NICs 802.11a - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 16. Total
NICs 802.11a - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 17. Total
NICs 802.11b - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 18. Total
NICs 802.11b - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 19. Total
NICs 802.11g - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 20. Total
NICs 802.11g - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 21. Total
NICs Multi Mode - Unit Shipments (K)
- Table 22. Total
NICs Multi Mode - Mfg Revenue (K)
- Table 23. Forecast
Total Wi-Fi
- Table 24. Forecast
Total Wi-Fi NICs
- Table 25. Forecast
Total Wi-Fi APs
- Table 26. Forecast
Total 802.11b
- Table 27. Forecast
NICs 802.11b
- Table 28. Forecast
APs 802.11b
- Table 29. Forecast
Total 802.11g
- Table 30. Forecast
NICs 802.11g
- Table 31. Forecast
APs 802.11g
- Table 32. Forecast
Total Multimode
- Table 33. Forecast
NICs Multimode
- Table 34. Forecast
APs Multimode
Companies/Vendors
- 2Wire
- 3Com
- Actiontec
- Apple
- Avaya
- Belkin
- Buffalo
- Cisco
- Dell
- D-Link
- Enterasys
- Ericsson
- Foundry
- Fujitsu
- HP ProCurve
- IBM
- Intermec
- Linksys
- Microsoft
- Netgear
- Netopia
- Nokia
- Proxim
- Samsung
- Siemens
- SMC
- SOHOware
- Symbol
- Toshiba
- US Robotics
- Zyxel
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