Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: April 2005
Product Code: R97-1980Description The SOHO/consumer WLAN equipment market is becoming an increasingly difficult environment in which to compete. While shipment volumes have increased strongly since 2000, prices have eroded sharply over the past several years, and In-Stat believes that few vendors are making much money in this market segment at present. We still expect shipment volumes to increase strongly over the forecast period, driven both by growing broadband adoption as well as increasing use of home networks. Importantly, WLAN equipment will increasingly be used to network consumer electronics devices, as well as VoIP communications. A key market shift is the transition from the 802.11g air standard to MIMO-based products.
This report examines the overall SOHO/consumer WLAN equipment market. Unit shipment and revenue market shares for 2004 are provided for SOHO/consumer APs, wireless routers, wireless Residential Gateways (RGs), and external SOHO/consumer WLAN NICs. Five-year forecasts, from 2005 - 2009, are provided for SOHO/consumer APs, wireless routers, wireless RGs, and external/embedded SOHO/consumer WLAN NICs. Finally, brief vendor profiles are given. This report will be particularly useful to product managers and marketing directors in SOHO/consumer WLAN equipment and semiconductor vendor companies, financial analysts covering the WLAN equipment and semiconductor markets, and consultants advising clients in the WLAN equipment and semiconductor markets.Table of Contents Table
of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Equipment Market Overview
- WLAN Market Segmentation
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Market Background
- Introduction Of IEEE 802.11 WLAN
- Apple Launches Consumer WLAN With AirPort
- Shift From 802.11b to 802.11g
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Market Structure
- WLAN Silicon Vendors
- WLAN Consumer Channels
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Market Opportunity
- Home Networking Consumer Survey Results
- WLAN Predominates In Home Networks
- Multimedia and VoIP Increasingly Drivers for Home WLAN
- Introduction of MIMO and 802.11n
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Equipment Vendor Market Shares
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Equipment Market Forecast
- SOHO/consumer WLAN Infrastructure Forecast, 2004 – 2009
- SOHO/consumer WLAN NIC Forecast, 2004 – 2009
- Key SOHO/consumer WLAN Equipment Vendor Profiles
- 2Wire
- Apple
- Belkin
- Buffalo Technologies
- D-Link
- Linksys
- Netgear
- SMC Networks
List
of Tables
- Table 1. SOHO/consumer WLAN equipment forecast, 2004 – 2009 (Units
in Thousands)
- Table 2. SOHO/consumer AP Vendor Market Share, 2004
- Table 3. SOHO/consumer External NIC Vendor Market Share, 2004
- Table 4. SOHO/consumer AP Unit Shipment Forecast, 2004 – 2009
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 5. SOHO/consumer AP Mfg Revenue Forecast, 2004 – 2009 (US$
in Millions)
- Table 6. SOHO/consumer AP Form Factor Forecast, 2004 – 2009 (Units
in Thousands)
- Table 7. SOHO/consumer AP Regional Forecast (Units in Thousands)
- Table 8. SOHO/consumer Embedded/External NIC Split Forecast, 2004
– 2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 9. SOHO/consumer External WLAN NIC Unit Shipment Forecast, 2004
– 2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 10. SOHO/consumer External WLAN NIC Revenue Forecast, 2004 –
2009 (US$ in Millions)
- Table 11. SOHO/consumer External NIC Form Factor Forecast, 2004 –
2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 12. SOHO/consumer External NIC Regional Forecast, 2004 –
2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 13. SOHO/consumer Embedded NIC Unit Shipment Forecast, 2004
– 2009 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 14. SOHO/consumer Embedded Mini-PCI/ExpressCard NIC Split Forecast,
2004 – 2009 (Units in Thousands)
List
of Figures
- Figure 1. SOHO/consumer AP Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecast, 2004
– 2009
- Figure 2. SOHO/consumer AP Form Factor Forecast, 2004 – 2009
(Units in Thousands)
- Figure 3. SOHO/consumer External NIC Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecast,
2004 – 2009
- Figure 4. SOHO/consumer External NIC Form Factor Forecast, 2004 –
2009 (Units in Thousands)
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