Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2021: Market Rebounds as Wi-Fi 6 Drives Growth

Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2021: Market Rebounds as Wi-Fi 6 Drives Growth

This IDC study reviews 2021 vendor revenue and shipments in the wireless local area network (LAN) infrastructure market (excluding WLAN NICs) and shows the market's changes from 2020. Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter changes from 4Q20 are also shown. "The enterprise WLAN market rebounded in 2021 after a down year in 2020 due to the global public health crisis. In 2021, organizations across the world picked backup investments in wireless-first networking in their enterprise campus and branch locations, leading to strong growth in the enterprise WLAN market," says Brandon Butler, research manager, Enterprise Networks, IDC. "Meanwhile, the enterprise WLAN industry is in the midst of a significant refresh of infrastructure to the Wi-Fi 6 standard, which brings more efficient management of Wi-Fi networks and faster speeds. The enterprise WLAN market continues to drive new innovations and new opportunities for enterprises to accelerate their digital and network transformation goals."

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