100th Post! WLAN Revenues Up Almost 30%

Welcome to our 100th post here on the Wavelink Blog. We’ve been increasing page views every week since we started this blog, almost two years ago. Thanks for your continued interest in our topics and news here!

Today’s post looks at the rise in revenue in the WLAN market during 2010. Companies like Cisco, Meru, Aruba, HP, etc. saw excellent growth in 2010, and as the article states, is largely due to the rise in smartphones and tablets. Here’s a look at some of the numbers;

IDC analysts [Sept. 1] said that in the second quarter, WLAN revenue grew 29.7 percent over the same period in 2010, jumping to $1.52 billion, with the enterprise WLAN segment growing 43.4 percent to almost $725 million in that interval.

That’s great news and highlights that while focus has shifted to wireless wide-area networks, wireless LAN infrastructure is still very much alive in the mobile enterprise. Coupled with the growth that’s expected to continue with smartphones and tablets in the wireless ecosystem, WLAN vendors seem prime for good revenue.

Some Information Nuggets From the Road

We are on the road much of this week attending some conferences, but I wanted to respond to a question that we routinely were asked during our Avalanche 5.0 Webinars last week. So, in between sips of coffee and this fine, fine hotel bagel, I’ll answer a question we had with regards to the mapping tool.

Enhanced WWAN capabilities via new Mapping Feature

Several people wanted to know if  customers or end-users have to purchase a license through a 3rd party mapping solution, or if the feature is hosted/built in to the Avalanche 5 cost. The answer is rather short, but there is no additional charge for the mapping functionality and there are no 3^rd parties involved at all.

Anyway, you can preview Avalanche 5 and also learn more on the mapping feature if you missed the Webinars. We’ll be back later in the week with a new Tech Tip, since you all seemed to like the last one so much (highest views for a post yet). If you have any questions that you’d like asked, let us know!