The wireless LAN equipment market is a dynamic segment of the market which has received much attention over the last two years. From the provisioning of public hotspots to enterprise deployment, the interest to deploy WLAN continues to grow. The vendor landscape is a mix of traditional networking players, as well as start-ups. As a result, products in this space have continued to evolve rapidly as a way of differentiation and to meet customers' needs. IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker aims to provide clients with a detailed analysis of the WLAN equipment market across 13 country markets in the region. Detailed competitive analysis by product segmentation will be provided by vendors across all country markets. Product and marketing managers will find this product useful as they seek to understand the competitive dynamics, as well as the direction in which the wireless LAN equipment market is headed.

This product covers the following segments of the Wireless LAN market:

• Wireless NICs
• Wireless access points
• Wireless routers/gateways
• IP-enabled Voice over Wifi Phones
• Mesh networks
• Wireless bridges
• Wireless switches

Throughout the year, this product will address the following topics:

• Quarterly market share and size of the WLAN market by country
• Quarterly market share and size of the WLAN market by form factor
• Quarterly market share and size of product by single/multimode functionality
• Quarterly market share and size of product by vertical segmentation
• 5-year forecast of WLAN market by form factor, single/multimode functionality and verticals

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What is the size of the wireless LAN equipment market in Asia/Pacific?
2. Who are the key players in the wireless LAN equipment market in Asia/Pacific?
3. Which are the key vertical segments purchasing WLAN equipment?
4. How will the topology of the wireless LAN equipment market evolve?
5. What is the growth potential of the wireless LAN equipment market in Asia/Pacific?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker examines the market size of the three main products in the WLAN equipment market in 13 Asia/Pacific country markets -- Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, PRC, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Besides sizing the markets, this product also offers insights on how these markets will be developing over the next 12 months. In addition, the product analyzes the major market movements by leading vendors and review their performance in the following perspectives - verticals, competitive positioning, business size segmentations and business models. Companies tracked include:

Alcatel-Lucent, Aruba Networks, Belkin, Cisco, D-Link, Linksys, Meru Networks, Netgear, Nortel, Zyxel and others.

Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market. Potential studies include:

Quantitative Data

• Functional revenue by vendor share
• Revenue segmentation by product/form factor
• Revenue segmentation by technology
• Revenue segmentation by verticals
• 5-year market forecast by product/form factor/technology and vertical
• Units/port shipments segmentation and forecast

Qualitative Discussion

• Major market drivers
• Competitive positioning by vendors
• Key vendors' activities
• Future outlook

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