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shipments and 52.7 % of revenue in the consumer category .
“ In customary fashion , the enterprise WLAN market performed robustly in the third quarter of the year ,” said Nolan Greene , senior research analyst , Network Infrastructure at IDC . “ In every facet of business , and across different verticals from education to hospitality , mission-critical functions are continuing to migrate from the wired network to wireless . This positions the worldwide enterprise WLAN market to continue performing strongly , even as other markets experience softness .”
From a geographic perspective , the enterprise WLAN market saw its strongest 3Q16 growth coming from Asia / Pacific ( excluding Japan )( APeJ ), which increased 28.8 % year over year largely on the heels of a 55.7 % increase in China ( PRC ) over the same period . Japan returned to growth for the first time since 2014 , increasing 7.4 %. Western Europe grew 6.7 % in 3Q16 , with strong showings in Germany ( up 26.7 % year over year ) and Spain ( up 23.5 %). Central and Eastern Europe ( CEE ) was up 6.3 %. The Czech Republic was the standout performer in CEE , at 67.1 % year-overyear growth .
* Middle East and Africa ( MEA ) increased 4.2 % on an annualised basis in 3Q16 , helped by Egypt ’ s 84.4 % increase over 3Q15 .
North America saw a more tepid 2.7 % growth rate in the quarter , impacted by an 8.4 % decline in Canada . Latin America was the sole region to record
Key Enterprise WLAN vendor updates
Cisco ‘ s 3Q16 worldwide enterprise WLAN revenue increased 0.4 % year over year in 3Q16 . Cisco ’ s worldwide market share came in at 43.7 % in 3Q16 , virtually unchanged from 2Q16 , and down from 47.1 % in 3Q15 . IDC believes that the Meraki cloudmanaged WLAN portfolio remains one of the primary growth drivers for Cisco , offsetting declines in its traditional controller-based WLAN portfolio .
Aruba-HPE ( excluding its OEM business and excluding H3C as of 2Q16 ), increased 5.0 % sequentially . Aruba-HPE ’ s market share stands at 14.3 % in 3Q16 , down from 14.6 % in 2Q16 .
Brocade-Ruckus grew 22.0 % year over year in 3Q16 . Brocade-Ruckus accounted for 6.7 % of the overall market in 3Q16 , down from 6.8 % in 2Q16 and up from 6.3 % in 3Q15 .
Huawei experienced very strong growth in 3Q16 , increasing 208.0 % over 3Q15 , while claiming 4.3 % market share , up from 1.5 % in 3Q15 .
Ubiquiti also recorded noteworthy growth in 3Q16 , increasing 87.0 % year-overyear . Ubiquiti accounted for 4.3 % of the overall market in 3Q16 , up from 2.5 % in 3Q15 .
“ IN EVERY FACET OF BUSINESS , AND ACROSS DIFFERENT VERTICALS FROM EDUCATION TO HOSPITALITY , MISSION- CRITICAL FUNCTIONS ARE CONTINUING TO MIGRATE FROM THE WIRED NETWORK TO WIRELESS . THIS POSITIONS THE WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISE WLAN MARKET TO CONTINUE PERFORMING STRONGLY ...”
an overall decline , contracting 2.9 % in 3Q16 , although Chile ( up 17.8 % year over year ) and Mexico ( up 16.8 % year over year ) were bright spots .
“ With enterprises and service providers investing in digital transformationrelated mobile infrastructure upgrades and network refreshes , APeJ recorded very strong 3Q16 growth , with most of the other regions making similar investments albeit on a smaller scale ,” said Petr Jirovsky , research manager , Worldwide Networking Trackers . “ This really speaks to the now near universally accepted use of WLAN and mobility for mission-critical enterprise applications .”
The IDC Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker provides total market size and vendors share data in an easyto-use Excel Pivot Table format . The geographic coverage includes 8 major regions ( USA , Canada , Latin America , AP excluding Japan , Japan , Western Europe , Central and Eastern Europe , Middle East and Africa ) and 58 countries . The WLAN market is further segmented by product class , product type , product , standard , and location . Measurement for the WLAN market is provided in factory revenue , customer revenue , and unit shipments .
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