Infonetics' report, Wireless LANEquipment and Phones, shows that worldwide WLAN equipment revenue hit$499 million in 1Q08, up 1% from the previous quarter, marginally beatingthe previousall-time high of 3Q07.

"802.11n products are now making a more marked impact on the wirelessmarket overall, with vendors reporting an acceleration in 802.11n shipmentsin 1Q08," said RichardWebb, directing analyst for wireless and mobile devices at InfoneticsResearch. "It looks like enterprise WiFi products will migrate from 802.11gto 802.11n as rapidly as 802.11b products migrated to 802.11g several yearsago. Yes, enterprises would like to see a return on their 802.11ginvestments before making significant upgrades, but the speed benefits of802.11n are undeniable, with adoption being driven by the increase in newnotebooks and PDAs with embedded 802.11n."

Other highlights from the report:

--  Cisco continues to dominate the worldwide WLAN equipment market,    holding the #1 position in enterprise and service provider segments--  The more closely fought contest is for positions #2 to #4, which will    be contested by 3Com, Aruba, HP, Motorola and Trapeze -- a battle of WLAN    specialists versus integrated enterprise vendors--  Worldwide revenue from WLAN switch and controller products declined 4%    from the previous quarter, but is expected to grow at a strong 23% compound    annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2007 to 2011--  Worldwide enterprise single mode WiFi phone revenue dropped 13% in    1Q08 from 4Q07, largely due to a decreased shipment volume from previous    market leader Cisco--  Polycom claims the lead position in the worldwide WiFi phone revenue,    knocking Cisco into 2nd place for 1Q08    

Infonetics' report tracksWLAN independent access points split by enterprise and service provider,dependent access points, WLAN switches and controllers, and enterprisesingle-mode WiFi phones. WLAN hardware revenue is broken out by enterpriseand service provider customers. Forecasts and market share are updatedquarterly.

Companies tracked include 3Com, Aerohive Networks, Aruba Networks, Belden,Browan, Cisco, Colubris, D-Link, Extreme Networks, Gemtek, HTC, MeruNetworks, Motorola, NETGEAR, Polycom, ProCurve, Proxim, Siemens SHC, SMCNetworks, Trapeze Networks, Vocera, and others.

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