Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Market Shares, 2024: Amid a Market Reset, Vendors and Enterprises Look Toward AI, Security, and Wi-Fi 7

This IDC study reviews 2024 vendor revenue and shipments in the wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure market (excluding WLAN NICs) and shows the market's changes from 2023. Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter changes are also shown."Despite annualized declining revenue in enterprise WLAN, the fundaments of this market remain strong. Wi-Fi and its related technologies remain critically important aspects of organization's connectivity strategy, providing the vital link for people and a growing range of endpoint devices to access the digital world," says Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Enterprise Networks. "Meanwhile, important trends related to the use of AI-powered capabilities, the introduction of new WLAN infrastructure, and cloud-delivered management platforms continue to make enterprise WLAN a dynamic and exciting market."