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Given the rather dismal economic situation that continues to prevail across the globe, the WLAN market continues to be a beacon of hope. With revenues of around $ 1.5 billion, the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology is no longer a "fad" , it is now part of mainstream technology. Scope forecasts the WLAN market to become more dominant in the future and increase to around $4.8 billion in 2005 at a CAGR of over 34.0 percent. The WLAN industry is one of the fastest growing segments in the global communications industry. Over the past decade, WLANs have gained wide acceptance among number of vertical markets especially in retail, manufacturing, warehousing, education and healthcare. The overall competition has changed over the past few years and is expected to continue in the same way. The advent of 802.11b standard paved the way for major networking companies D-Link and Cisco to enter into the WLAN market. Given this scenario, the industry is witnessing a lot more co-opetition, with companies entering into strategic alliances to remain more competitive in the market. Security and standards issues continue to dog the players in the market. Major players in the WLAN industry include Cisco Systems Inc., Agere Systems Inc, Avaya Inc, 3Com Corporation, Enterasys Networks, Symbol Technologies, Proxim Corporation and others. This report critically examines and provides insights into state of the Global WLAN Industry, as it exists today including market segmentation, current market size and its forecast across segments, major players and their market shares, end user analysis, regional market analysis, key industry drivers etc. Report also provides profiles of leading players in the market. |
