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Wi-Fi & WLAN Technologies & Markets
Actionable Benefits
- Grasp the present dynamics and future trends in the residential Wi-Fi infrastructure market.
- Create production schedules by referring to projected market data through 2030 for different residential Wi-Fi infrastructure types, including residential gateways (Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS), Passive Optical Network (PON)), wireless routers, mesh, and extender/repeaters.
- Make sure of regional forecasts to devise global strategies and expand into new markets.
- Gain foresight on the rate of adoption and speed of phasing out for the major Wi-Fi protocols, and align the roadmap accordingly.
- Understand potential Wi-Fi market revenue with historical and forecast revenue data.
- Build 6 Gigahertz (GHz) strategies with foresight into demand for 6 GHz-enabled residential Wi-Fi infrastructure.
- 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 residential Wi-Fi infrastructure will need to support and ensure that product designs reflect this trend.
- Identify how much of the market will continue to support the maximum 320 Megahertz (MHz) channel bandwidths that Wi-Fi 7 enables.
Research Highlights
- Shipment and revenue projections for different types of Wi-Fi equipment, spanning wireless routers, residential gateways (DSL, DOCSIS, PON), residential pure Access Points (APs), Wi-Fi mesh, and Wi-Fi extenders/repeaters.
- Granular 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 breakdowns for the North American, European, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World markets.
- Foresight into the shifting number of 802.11 radios within residential Wi-Fi infrastructure.
- Granular insights into the fixed broadband CPE market, including DSL, cable, and PON CPE.
- Projections for 320 MHz channel support within residential Wi-Fi 7 infrastructure.
Critical Questions Answered
- How large is the residential Wi-Fi infrastructure market at present, and how will shipment volumes and total revenue develop over the upcoming 7 years?
- What is the current and future split between residential Wi-Fi infrastructure 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 degree have international macroeconomic challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and shifting consumer sentiments impacted the residential Wi-Fi market?
- In which ways will the 6 GHz spectrum impact the residential Wi-Fi infrastructure market?
- Is the 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?
- Will demand for dual-band residential Wi-Fi infrastructure persist, or will the emergence of 6 GHz cause the market to transition to predominantly tri-radio and above configurations?
- Is it anticipated that 320 MHz channel support within residential Wi-Fi infrastructure will decrease as the standard matures?
Who Should Read This?
- Market strategists of ecosystem vendors seeking insight on future market demand.
- Product managers of residential Wi-Fi equipment vendors.
- Decision makers in component suppliers and chipset design firms serving the residential Wi-Fi market.
- Managers at service providers looking to deploy residential Wi-Fi infrastructure.
- Software vendors working in the Wi-Fi industry.