Worldwide standalone access point revenue is up 6% from the second quarter of 2Q04, and service provider/enterprise access point revenue is up 9%. But small office and consumer standalone access point revenue is down by 6%. The report concluded that consumers are showing a clear preference for the more flexible functionality of wireless routers and gateways, rather than basic consumer access points.
The biggest surprise was the grown of the revenue for WiFi switches and ports.
"Wi-Fi switch revenue and ports grew phenomenally in the third quarter (80% and 127% respectively)," Richard Webb, directing analyst at Infonetics and author of the report, said in a statement. "While this is in large part due to low base figures from the previous quarter, this young market segment has great potential. We are seeing increasing market traction for several vendors such as Airespace, which is showing sequential quarterly revenue growth. We forecast strong quarterly port and revenue growth through 2007."
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
