Worldwide WLAN Market Shows Strong Performance in Fourth Quarter of 2012, According to IDC

摘要

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments experienced year-over-year growth of 18.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12). According to the 4Q12 results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker, the enterprise segment continued on its path of solid growth with an impressive 28.5 percent increase over the same period last year. The fourth quarter was the seventh consecutive quarter with annual growth in excess of 20 percent. For the full year 2012, the enterprise WLAN market increased 26.6 percent year over year, the third year in a row of percentage growth in the high twenties. The consumer WLAN market also finished the year on a relative high note and increased 8.2 percent year over year in 4Q12 with the full year 2012 growing at 6.2 percent year over year.