4Q 2002 WLAN Market Analysis: Industry Report

4Q 2002 WLAN Market Analysis

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: March 2003
Product Code: R97-1208

Description

Over 6.2 million Wi-Fi hardware units shipped in 4Q02. For 2002 overall, 18.7 million Wi-Fi units shipped. In 4Q02, the 802.11b market continued to drive overall WLAN unit growth. Six million 802.11b units shipped in 4Q02, accounting for a 24% growth rate in hardware unit shipments over the quarter. For year-end 2002, 18.1 million 802.11b units shipped out overall, a 90% growth over 2001. Total 802.11b end-use revenues, however, showed the darker side of the WLAN market, that of rapid hardware commoditization, with little margin incentive for hardware vendors. End-use revenues increased only 4% over the quarter, accounting for $555 million.

802.11a-only shipments experienced a slightly negative growth rate over the quarter, with dual-band 2.4/5GHz-capable APs, as well as dual-band NICs, taking growth away from the 802.11a-only market. Although only a trivial amount of draft standard 802.11g products shipped out in 4Q02, In-Stat/MDR expects that 802.11g shipments will increasingly cut into the growth of 802.11b shipments going forward.

Cisco, Symbol and 3Com dominated the business 802.11b infrastructure market in terms of revenues, while SMB specialist Linksys came in as the leader in pure AP shipments. PC vendors HP, IBM and Toshiba closely followed Linksys in 802.11b client shipments to businesses, driving up the embedded portion of clients. Linksys, Buffalo, D-Link and Netgear continued to dominate the home, as well as the low-end business market.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Table 1. Dual-Mode
APs (2.4 & 5 GHz capable)

Table 2. Dual-Mode
AP End-Use Revenues

Table 3. Dual-Mode
NIC Unit Shipments

Table 4. Dual-Mode
NIC End-Use Revenues

Table 5. Total
802.11a NIC Unit Shipments

Table 6. Total
802.11a NIC End-Use Revenues

Table 7. Total
802.11a AP Unit Shipments

Table 8. Total
802.11a NIC End-Use Revenues

Table 9. Total
802.11a NIC & AP Unit Shipments

Table 10. Total
802.11a AP + NIC End-Use Revenues

Table 11. 4Q02
% Geographic Breakdown of Total Wi-Fi Unit Shipments

Table 12. 4Q02
Geographic Breakdown of Total Wi-Fi Unit Shipments

Table 13. 4Q02
% Client Form Factor Breakdown

Table 14. 4Q02
Client Unit Form Factor Breakdown

Table 15. Worldwide
802.11b Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 16. Worldwide
Total 802.11b End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 17. Worldwide
Total 802.11b NIC Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 18. Worldwide
Total 802.11b NIC End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 19. Worldwide
Total 802.11b AP/Bridge Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 20. Worldwide
Total 802.11b AP/Bridge End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 21. Worldwide
Business 802.11b NIC & AP/Bridge Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 22. Worldwide
Business 802.11b NIC & AP End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 23. Worldwide
Business 802.11b NIC Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 24. Worldwide
Business 802.11b NIC End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 25. Worldwide
Business 802.11b AP/Bridge Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 26. Worldwide
Business 802.11b AP/Bridge End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 27. Worldwide
Home 802.11b NIC & AP Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 28. Worldwide
Home 802.11b NIC & AP End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 29. Worldwide
Home Wi-Fi NIC Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 30. Worldwide
Home 802.11b NIC End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 31. Worldwide
Home Wi-Fi AP Unit Shipments (in Thousands)

Table 32. Worldwide
Home 802.11b AP End-Use Revs (US$ in thousands)

Table 33. Worldwide
802.11b Hardware Unit and End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 34. Worldwide
802.11b NIC Unit Shipment and End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 35. Worldwide
802.11b AP Unit Shipments & End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 36. Worldwide
Home 802.11b Hardware Unit Shipments and End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 37. Worldwide
Home 802.11b NIC Units Shipments & End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 38. Worldwide
Home 802.11b AP Unit Shipments & End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 39. Worldwide
Business 802.11b Hardware Unit Shipments and End-Use Revs Forecast

Table 40. Worldwide
Business 802.11b NIC Unit Shipments and End-Use Revs Forecast

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