The enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market declined 22.8 percent year-over-year and grew 12.4 percent quarter-on-quarter to $2.3 billion in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to International Data Corporation (IDC) report.
Wi-Fi 6E, which opens Wi-Fi to use the 6 GHz band of unlicensed spectrum, accounted for 30 percent of the dependent access point (AP) market’s revenues in 2Q24 vs 14.3 percent a year earlier.
Wi-Fi 7 standard accounted for 2.8 percent of the dependent AP segment’s revenues. Most remaining dependent APs were Wi-Fi 6 generation.
“There are advancements in the enterprise WLAN industry, such as the new Wi-Fi 7 standard, a significant amount of new unlicensed 6GHz spectrum available for Wi-Fi, and the powerful role of AI and cloud-based management to enhance WLAN automation and performance,” said Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Enterprise Networks, IDC.
WLAN markets
In the United States the enterprise WLAN market dropped 30.6 percent year-over-year but increased 15.3 percent sequentially from 1Q24 to 2Q24.
In Western Europe, the enterprise WLAN market declined 22.3 percent annually but rose 3.3 percent sequentially.
In Central and Eastern Europe, the enterprise WLAN market fell 21.5 percent compared to 2Q23 but rose 14.4 percent over the first quarter of 2024.
In the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan and China), the enterprise WLAN market dropped 16.2 percent year-over-year but rose 7.9 percent sequentially.
In China, the enterprise WLAN market fell 9.8 percent on an annual basis and rose 39.6 percent compared to the first quarter of the year.
WLAN vendors
Cisco enterprise WLAN revenues declined 29.7 percent year-over-year but rose 6.7 percent sequentially to $922 million. Cisco’s enterprise WLAN market share stood at 39.6 percent at the end of the second quarter.
HPE Aruba Networking revenues fell 29.3 percent year-over-year in 2Q24 but increased 4.7 percent sequentially. HPE Aruba Networking has enterprise WLAN market share of 14.8 percent in the quarter.
Huawei enterprise WLAN revenues dropped 0.5 percent year-over-year decline in 2Q24 and increased 60.9 percent over the first quarter of the year. Huawei has enterprise WLAN market share of 9.6 percent.
Ubiquiti enterprise WLAN revenues rose 7.8 percent over 2Q23 and 5.7 percent compared to 1Q24. Ubiquiti has 8.1 percent enterprise WLAN market share.
Juniper Networks enterprise WLAN revenues increased 6.8 percent year-over-year and rose 18.8 percent sequentially. Juniper Networks has 5.1 percent enterprise WLAN market share.
