Service Providers and Consumers Snap Up High Speed Wireless LAN

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Wireless LAN market sales will almost double during next five years, surpassing $8 billion in 2012. One of the largest customer segments will be Service Providers as they purchase broadband customer premises equipment with integrated wireless LAN to enable their strategy of distributing IP video services to households. The report addresses in detail the adoption of wireless technology into the home and how it enables Service Providers to expand voice, video and data services.

“Manufacturers are recognizing the importance of this new customer segment and are dropping prices faster on new high bandwidth wireless LAN technology products so that the price premium compared to the slower technology is low enough to accelerate upgrades,” said Greg Collins, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “We predict adoption of 802.11n products into the consumer market will be big during 2008, despite the lack of a completed standard,” added Collins.