PRAGUE, July 17, 2015 — The overall enterprise and consumer wireless local area network (WLAN) market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) decreased 12.6% in value and 20.3% in volume quarter on quarter in Q1 2015. Year on year it grew in value by 2.9%, with almost no change in volume. Growth in four rolling quarters starting in Q2 2014 exceeded 8%, confirming that the WLAN market is dynamic and represents good potential for vendors. According to the results published in the IDC EMEA Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker , the enterprise WLAN market grew 11.3% year on year. WLAN spending in the consumer market decreased nearly 4% year on year, in spite of 4.1% overall growth in the four rolling quarters mentioned above. (TZ)
Sales of 802.11ac-compliant access points contributed 46.3% to enterprise AP market value in Q1 2015, showing rapid proliferation of 802.11ac-compliant devices in the enterprise segment, underpinning the demand for high throughput speeds and mobility in general. In the consumer segment, sales of 802.11ac-compliant devices contributed 23.7% to overall market value.
Controller revenues decreased 7.3% year on year, reflecting increasing demand for controller-less, often cloud-based architectures.
„The quarter-on-quarter decrease in shipments and revenues can be attributed to market seasonality, the first quarter of the year generally being the weakest,” says Elena Szolgayova, a senior research analyst at IDC. “However, revenues are expected to grow in upcoming quarters, boosted by demand for 802.11ac devices.“
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