In-Stat conducted research on the global WiFi (News - Alert) network equipment market. In a newly released market report, the research firm indicates that prospects for the market are bright.

According to the report, year-over-year revenues for the WiFi network equipment market had increased by over 24 percent, and shipments increased by 3.8 percent, while worldwide revenue for the same market decreased by 1.2 percent quarter-over-quarter.

Analyst Brad Shaffer of In-Stat said that the WLAN market showed considerable strength with increased shipments. What is more interesting is that the wireless LAN market was initially buoyed by 802.11g in 2010. 802.11g shipments dominated over other technologies everywhere in 2010.

However, a transition in technology and the higher performance of 802.11n saw 802.11g being replaced by 802.11n, and the wireless LAN market began to be supported by 802.11n.

As far as market share perspectives were concerned, TP-LINK, NETGEAR and D-LINK were in the limelight, accounting for more than 65 percent of unit shipments in Europe. Incidentally, NETGEAR, which leads the regional market in North America, stole a march over D-LINK and captured the second spot in the European market.

In-Stat’s (News - Alert) market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user research and database models to analyze the Mobile Internet and Digital Entertainment ecosystems.
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