IDC's Vertical View Survey: Wireless LAN Deployment and Penetration Rates by Vertical Industry and Company Size Segment

This IDC study presents the findings of IDC's annual Network Equipment Vertical View Survey by 17 vertical industries and four company size segments. IDC believes these segmentations are increasingly important toward identifying opportunities in network equipment because of the nonuniform adoption trends of wireless LANs (WLANs). The results of the survey strongly suggest that there exist several key opportunities for WLAN deployments among specific vertical industries and companies of particular sizes.

"Wireless in the enterprise is still far from ubiquitous. Some industries, such as education, typically have large deployments, while others, such as construction and utilities, have lower levels of full mobility. Providing applications and technology offerings targeting these verticals will be crucial to addressing their unique mobility and networking needs." Dan Corsetti, senior research analyst, Vertical Views

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Situation Overview

Introduction

Demographic Analysis of the Respondent Pool

Allocation of Network Equipment Spending

Table: Respondents by Industry and Company Size, 2006 (# of Respondents)

Figure: WLAN Access Points Spending Share by Industry, 2005

Figure: WLAN Access Points Spending Share by Company Size, 2005

Allocation of WLAN Equipment Spending

Figure: WLAN Equipment Spending Share by Industry, 2005

Figure: WLAN Equipment Spending Share by Company Size, 2005

Survey Findings

WLAN Deployment and Penetration

Mean Deployment by Industry and Company Size

Figure: WLAN Access Points Installed In or Attached to U.S. Corporate Network by Industry, 2006

Figure: WLAN Access Points Installed In or Attached to U.S. Corporate Network by Company Size, 2006

Penetration by Industry and Company Size

Figure: WLAN Penetration by Industry, 2006

Figure: WLAN Penetration by Company Size, 2006

Degree of Deployment by Industry

Table: Number of WLAN Access Points by Company Size

Figure: Number of WLAN Access Points by Industry, 2006

Future Outlook

U.S. WLAN Equipment Forecast

WLAN Usage

Temporary Networks

Figure: Enterprise WLAN Access Point and Controller Revenue by Industry, 2005-2010

Figure: Temporary Networks Share of Data Network Equipment Spending Share by Industry, 2005

Figure: Temporary Networks Share of Data Network Equipment Spending by Company Size, 2005

WLAN Phones

Figure: U.S. Employees Using WLAN for Primary Phone by Industry, 2005

Figure: U.S. Employees Using WLAN for Primary Phone by Company Size, 2005

Essential Guidance

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Related Research

Definitions

Table: IDC Vertical Markets Definitions

Synopsis