Product Code: MD-WLEQ-169
Actionable Benefits:
- Plan production schedule by referring to projected market data through 2030 for different Wi-Fi equipment types, including residential gateways, wireless routers, mesh, extender/repeaters, and enterprise Access Points (APs).
- Leverage regional forecasts to devise global strategies and expand into new markets.
- Gauge the adoption/phasing out of different protocols in Wi-Fi equipment, and align roadmap accordingly.
- Gain understanding of potential Wi-Fi market revenue by referring to historical and forecast revenue data.
- Strategize for 6 Gigahertz (GHz) by understanding demand for equipment supporting the new spectrum, and also for equipment supporting only legacy bands.
- Determine the future demand of fixed broadband Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) by type and configure production appropriately.
- Ascertain the shifting number of 802.11 radios that Wi-Fi equipment will need to support, and ensure that product designs reflect this trend.
- Identify which enterprise verticals will experience the greatest shipment growth, and factor this knowledge into future product planning.
- Understand the potential of standard power 6 GHz APs with forecasts of deployments through 2030.
- Pinpoint key Wi-Fi equipment vendors, both in consumer and enterprise sectors, to develop strategic partnerships.
Critical Questions Answered:
- How large is the Wi-Fi equipment market at present in both the consumer and enterprise segments, and how will shipment volumes and market value develop over the next 5 years?
- What is the current and future split between device type shipments in different regions internationally?
- How will the major Wi-Fi protocol cycles pan out through 2030, including Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7, and Wi-Fi 8?
- To what extent have international macroeconomic challenges such as supply chain disruptions and the imposition or threat of tariffs impacted the Wi-Fi market?
- In which ways will the 6 GHz spectrum impact the Wi-Fi market?
- When will standard power 6 GHz APs begin to be utilized, and what will be the total number of deployments?
- Is the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) CPE market in decline? When will large-scale DOCSIS 4.0 deployments begin? How significant is the demand for the latest generation of Optical Network Terminal (ONT) CPE?
- Do dual-radio APs have a future? Will tri-radio APs become the most dominant type in both the residential and enterprise markets?
- Which vendors are market leaders in terms of shipments and revenue for different equipment types across the period from 1Q 2020 to 2Q 2025?
Research Highlights:
- Shipment and revenue projections for different types of Wi-Fi equipment, spanning wireless routers, residential gateways, consumer pure APs, Wi-Fi mesh, Wi-Fi extender/repeaters, and both enterprise independent and dependent APs.
- Data on the Wi-Fi protocol cycles for all major standards, including Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7, and Wi-Fi 8.
- Regional granularity is provided with forecasts broken down into the North American, European, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World markets.
- An overview of total number of standard power 6 GHz deployments, and shipments by enterprise vertical.
- Foresight into the shifting number of 802.11 radios within APs for both the residential and enterprise markets.
- Granular insights into the fixed broadband CPE market, including DSL, cable, and ONT CPE.
- Detailed annual figures for all market-leading vendors for shipments and revenue by device type, supported Wi-Fi protocol, and destination market across the period from 1Q 2020 to 2Q 2025.
Who Should Read This?
- Market strategists of ecosystem vendors seeking insight on future market demand.
- Product managers of Wi-Fi equipment vendors.
- Decision makers in component suppliers and chipset design firms serving the Wi-Fi market.
- Managers at service providers looking to deploy Wi-Fi equipment.
- Software vendors working in the Wi-Fi industry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tables
- Table 1 Definitions
- Table 2 Total WLAN Shipments by Device Type Residential Enterprise
- Table 3 Total WLAN Shipments by Region Residential Enterprise
- Table 4 Total WLAN AP Shipments by Protocol Residential Enterprise
- Table 5 Total WLAN AP Market Shares by Protocol Residential Enterprise
- Table 6 Total WLAN AP Shipments by No of 80211 Radios Residential Enterprise
- Table 7 Total WLAN AP Revenue by Region Residential Enterprise
- Table 8 Shipments of Wi-Fi 7 CPE Supporting 320 MHz Bandwidth
- Table 9 Wi-Fi 7 CPE Market Share Supporting 320 MHz Bandwidth
- Table 10 Shipments of 80211ah Wi-Fi HaLow Supporting WLAN AP
- Table 11 FWA CPE Shipments by Region
- Table 12 FWA CPE Shipments by Deployment Locations
- Table 13 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Device Type
- Table 14 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Region
- Table 15 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Protocol
- Table 16 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by No of 80211 Radios
- Table 17 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by MIMO Configuration
- Table 18 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Sales Channel
- Table 19 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments Sold to Retail by Protocol
- Table 20 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments Sold to Service Provider by Protocol
- Table 21 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments Sold to Retail by Protocol Ratios
- Table 22 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments Sold to Service Provider by Protocol Ratios
- Table 23 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Form Factor
- Table 24 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Protocol
- Table 25 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Region
- Table 26 Shipments of Residential Wi-Fi 7 WLAN APs Supporting 320 MHz Bandwidths by Region
- Table 27 Ratio of Residential Wi-Fi 7 WLAN AP Shipments which Support 320 MHz Bandwidths by Region
- Table 28 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Middleware Platform
- Table 29 SOHOResidential Wireless Router Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 30 SOHOResidential Gateway Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 31 SOHOResidential Mesh Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 32 SOHOResidential ExtenderRepeater Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 33 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Device Type
- Table 34 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Region
- Table 35 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Sales Channel
- Table 36 SOHOResidential External Adapter Revenue by Form Factor
- Table 37 SOHOResidential External Adapter Revenue by Region
- Table 38 SOHOResidential Wireless Router Shipments by Vendor
- Table 39 SOHOResidential Wireless Router Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 40 SOHOResidential Gateway Shipments by Vendor
- Table 41 SOHOResidential Gateway Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 42 SOHOResidential Mesh Shipments by Vendor
- Table 43 SOHOResidential Mesh Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 44 SOHOResidential ExtenderRepeater Shipments by Vendor
- Table 45 SOHOResidential ExtenderRepeater Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 46 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 5 80211ac CPE Shipments by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 47 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 5 80211ac CPE Market Shares by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 48 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 6 80211ax dual-band CPE Shipments by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 49 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 6 80211ax dual-band CPE Market Shares by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 50 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 6E 80211ax tri-band CPE Shipments by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 51 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 6E 80211ax tri-band CPE Market Shares by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 52 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 7 dual-band 80211be dual-band CPE Shipments by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 53 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 7 dual-band 80211be dual-band CPE Market Shares by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 54 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 7 tri-band 80211be tri-band CPE Shipments by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 55 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi 7 tri-band 80211be tri-band CPE Market Shares by Vendor Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 56 SOHOResidential CPE Shipments by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 57 SOHOResidential CPE Market Shares by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 58 SOHOResidential CPE Shipments by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 59 SOHOResidential CPE Market Shares by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 60 SOHOResidential CPE Shipments by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 61 SOHOResidential CPE Market Shares by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 62 SOHOResidential CPE Shipments by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 63 SOHOResidential CPE Market Shares by Vendor Pure AP Wireless Router Residential Gateway Mesh ExtenderRepeater
- Table 64 SOHOResidential Total External Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 65 SOHOResidential Total External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 66 SOHOResidential PC Card Shipments by Vendor
- Table 67 SOHOResidential PC Card Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 68 SOHOResidential USB Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 69 SOHOResidential USB Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 70 SOHOResidential PCI Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 71 SOHOResidential PCI Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 72 SOHOResidential 80211n80211ac External Adapter Quarterly Shipments by Vendor
- Table 73 SOHOResidential 80211n80211ac External Adapter Quarterly Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 74 SOHOResidential 80211ax dual-band External Adapter Quarterly Shipments by Vendor
- Table 75 SOHOResidential 80211ax dual-band External Adapter Quarterly Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 76 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 77 SOHOResidential External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 78 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 79 SOHOResidential External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 80 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 81 SOHOResidential External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 82 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Vendor
- Table 83 SOHOResidential External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 84 SOHOResidential Retail Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Vendor
- Table 85 SOHOResidential Retail Wi-Fi CPE Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 86 SOHOResidential Service Provider Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Vendor
- Table 87 SOHOResidential Service Provider Wi-Fi CPE Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 88 Modem and Residential Gateway Shipments by Technology
- Table 89 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 90 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 91 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 92 DSL CPE Shipments by Region
- Table 93 Cable CPE Shipments by Region
- Table 94 Fiber CPE Shipments by Region
- Table 95 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 96 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 97 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 98 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 99 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 100 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 101 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 102 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 103 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 104 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 105 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 106 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 107 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 108 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 109 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 110 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 111 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 112 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 113 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 114 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 115 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 116 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 117 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 118 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 119 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 120 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 121 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 122 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 123 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 124 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Table 125 Residential Gateway Revenue by Region
- Table 126 Modem Revenue by Region
- Table 127 Modem and Residential Gateway Revenue by Technology
- Table 128 DSL CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Table 129 Cable CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Table 130 Fiber CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Table 131 Enterprise AP Shipments by Form Factor
- Table 132 Enterprise AP Shipments by Protocol
- Table 133 Enterprise AP Shipments by Region
- Table 134 Enterprise AP Shipments by No of 80211 Radios
- Table 135 Enterprise Standard Power 6 GHz-Enabled AP Shipments by Region
- Table 136 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Region
- Table 137 Shipments of Enterprise Wi-Fi 7 APs Supporting 320 MHz Bandwidths by Region
- Table 138 Ratio of Enterprise Wi-Fi 7 AP Shipments which Support 320 MHz Bandwidths by Region
- Table 139 Enterprise Independent AP Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 140 Enterprise Dependent AP Shipments by Region and Protocol
- Table 141 Enterprise AP Revenue by Form Factor
- Table 142 Enterprise AP Revenue by Region
- Table 143 Enterprise Controller Revenue by Region
- Table 144 Enterprise Total AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 145 Enterprise Total AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 146 Enterprise Independent AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 147 Enterprise Independent AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 148 Enterprise Dependent AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 149 Enterprise Dependent AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 150 Enterprise 80211n80211ac AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 151 Enterprise 80211n80211ac AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 152 Enterprise 80211ax dual-band AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 153 Enterprise 80211ax dual-band AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 154 Enterprise 80211ax tri-band AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 155 Enterprise 80211ax tri-band AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 156 Enterprise AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 157 Enterprise AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 158 Enterprise AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 159 Enterprise AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 160 Enterprise AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 161 Enterprise AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 162 Enterprise AP Shipments by Vendor
- Table 163 Enterprise AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 164 Enterprise Total Controller Shipments by Vendor
- Table 165 Enterprise Total Controller Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 166 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Vendor
- Table 167 Enterprise Controller Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 168 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Vendor
- Table 169 Enterprise Controller Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 170 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Vendor
- Table 171 Enterprise Controller Market Shares by Vendor
- Table 172 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Vendor
- Table 173 Enterprise Controller Market Shares by Vendor
Charts
- Chart 1 Total WLAN Shipments by Device Type Residential Enterprise
- Chart 2 Total WLAN Shipments by Region Residential Enterprise
- Chart 3 Total WLAN AP Market Shares by Protocol Residential Enterprise
- Chart 4 Total WLAN AP Market Shares by No of 80211 Radios Residential Enterprise
- Chart 5 SOHOResidential AP Revenue by Region Residential Enterprise
- Chart 6 Shipments of Wi-Fi 7 Equipment by 320 MHz Support
- Chart 7 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Device Type
- Chart 8 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Region
- Chart 9 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Protocol
- Chart 10 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Market Shares by No of 80211 Radios
- Chart 11 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by MIMO Configuration
- Chart 12 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Sales Channel
- Chart 13 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Form Factor
- Chart 14 SOHOResidential External Adapter Market Shares by Protocol
- Chart 15 SOHOResidential External Adapter Shipments by Region
- Chart 16 Shipments of Residential Wi-Fi 7 CPE by 320 MHz Support
- Chart 17 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Device Type
- Chart 18 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Region
- Chart 19 SOHOResidential Wi-Fi CPE Revenue by Sales Channel
- Chart 20 SOHOResidential External Adapter Revenue by Form Factor
- Chart 21 SOHOResidential External Adapter Revenue by Region
- Chart 22 SOHOResidential Wireless Router Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 23 SOHOResidential Gateway Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 24 SOHOResidential Mesh Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 25 SOHOResidential ExtenderRepeater Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 26 SOHOResidential Total External Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 27 SOHOResidential PC Card Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 28 SOHOResidential USB Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 29 SOHOResidential PCI Adapter Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 30 SOHOResidential Retail Wi-Fi CPE Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 31 SOHOResidential Service Provider Wi-Fi CPE Shipment Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 32 Modem and Residential Gateway Shipments by Technology
- Chart 33 DSL CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Chart 34 Cable CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Chart 35 Fiber CPE Shipments by Equipment Type
- Chart 36 DSL CPE Shipments by Region
- Chart 37 Cable CPE Shipments by Region
- Chart 38 Fiber CPE Shipments by Region
- Chart 39 Modem and Residential Gateway Revenue by Technology
- Chart 40 DSL CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Chart 41 Cable CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Chart 42 Fiber CPE Revenue by Equipment Type
- Chart 43 Enterprise AP Shipments by Form Factor
- Chart 44 Enterprise AP Shipments by Protocol
- Chart 45 Enterprise AP Shipments by Region
- Chart 46 Enterprise AP Shipments by No of 80211 Radios
- Chart 47 Enterprise Standard Power 6 GHz-Enabled AP Shipments by Region
- Chart 48 Enterprise Controller Shipments by Region
- Chart 49 Shipments of Enterprise Wi-Fi 7 APs by 320 MHz Support
- Chart 50 Enterprise AP Revenue by Form Factor
- Chart 51 Enterprise AP Revenue by Region
- Chart 52 Enterprise Controller Revenue by Region
- Chart 53 Enterprise Total AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 54 Enterprise Independent AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 55 Enterprise Dependent AP Market Shares by Vendor
- Chart 56 Enterprise Total Controller Market Shares by Vendor