Multi-Gig Port Shipment Grow Double-Digits as Enterprises Prepare for Wi-Fi 7
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 17, 2025 – According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, 1Q 2025 worldwide Ethernet Campus Switch revenues grew by 3 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), with a sharp contraction in China pulling down worldwide sales.
“As we predicted, the Ethernet Campus Switch market has now emerged from the digestion phase and returned to a demand-based dynamic,” said Siân Morgan, Research Director at Dell’Oro Group. “Despite an uncertain macroeconomic context, Campus Switch revenues in North America grew 12 percent, with most vendors seeing a small amount of orders pulled forward by enterprises aiming to avoid tariff-related price increases.
“1Q 2025 was the first quarter that all major enterprise class WLAN vendors were selling at least one Wi-Fi 7 AP,” added Morgan. “The shift to Wi-Fi 7 is expected to trigger switch renewals over the next two years, as enterprises add more PoE and higher bandwidth ports to support the latest Wi-Fi technology.”
Additional highlights from the 1Q 2025 Ethernet Switch–Campus Report:
- Cisco and Huawei are neck-and-neck competitors in CALA region, which declined 8 percent.
- Arista, Huawei, and Ubiquiti grew Ethernet Campus Switch market share on a trailing four-quarter basis.
- Growth of 1 Gbps ports was an anemic 4 percent.
- Average Selling Prices declined, approaching pre-pandemic levels, influenced in 1Q 2025 by product mix.
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