SOHO Wireless LAN Shipments Surpassed 100 Million Units in Past Three Years

Nearly Half of the Broadband Subscriber Base is Wireless

Redwood City, Calif. – August 21, 2007 – A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, reveals that vendors of small office, home office (SOHO) wireless LAN products have shipped more than 100 million units over the past three years. During the second quarter of 2007, SOHO wireless LAN market revenues grew in excess of 15 percent compared to the same quarter last year, with the strongest growth coming from sales of Draft-802.11n wireless routers.

“The strong SOHO shipments over the past three years have contributed to almost half of the broadband subscriber base having wireless capabilities,” said Elmer Choy, Senior Analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell’Oro Group. “Although most of this penetration has come from purchases of retail-based wireless routers, Internet service providers are now more often supplying their customers directly with wireless enabled customer premises equipment,” added Choy.

According to the report, the SOHO segment remained the largest component of the total WLAN market, contributing the majority of revenue in each of the past four quarters.

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The Dell’Oro Group Quarterly Wireless LAN report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the Service Provider, Enterprise, SOHO, and External Client Devices markets with tables containing manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and unit shipments by the following wireless standards: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a/g and 802.11n. To purchase this report, please contact Margaret Miles, call +1.650.622.9400 x225 or email Margaret@DellOro.com.

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