Cisco: King of Surging Wireless Heap

January 21, 2008 - looks like a wireless (or the embodiment of the spirit of enterprise, at any rate), is that more and more - quick. Sales of wireless local area network infrastructure equipment - some of including wireless LAN switches and controllers, dependent and independent access , and wireless broadband Router - 1 4 percent surge in the third quarter of last This year, according to the market research firm Infonetics Research.

This is a banner quarter of wireless LAN manufacturers, according to Infonetics.

And Cisco Systems, Inc., more than any other vendor, is the beneficiary.

"In the third quarter is a good one for the wireless LAN equipment manufacturers, in particular Cisco Systems, said:" Richard Webb, directing analyst in the wireless Infonetics Research said in a statement. "Cisco has led the entire nation in all three sectors of the market - Consumer (through its L inksys sector), enterprises and service providers -- also increasingly dominant position looks unassailable, While other players such as Aruba Networks to continue to improve its performance in the enterprise quarter of the quarter " .

Wireless market as a whole reached 870 million US dollars in the third quarter, driven by strong sales both the enterprise and consumer markets.

Drilling decline, wireless telephone network showed its immense, with the number of enterprises Single-mode wireless phone surging by 51 percent (not less than 37% of the manufacturers to stimulate to income). In other places, and embedded Wi - Fi card volume growth of 8 per cent.

The quarter, all regions, double-digit growth in North America district leadership package (at the 16% growth rate), followed by the closely EMEA region (15 per cent) and the Asia-Pacific region (11%). 2006 to 2010, Infonetics predicts that the manufacturers revenue for wireless LAN switches and controllers should be tripled.

One of the important driving force in equipment upgrading and updating, and - in this case - is driven adopted by the 802.11n standard. This is just starting now, Infonetics said it would picked up steam in the next few years. -- Stephen s woyer