Cisco Challenges #1 Symbol in Fast Growing Wireless LAN Switch Market

Cisco Challenges #1 Symbol in Fast Growing Wireless LAN Switch Market

Infonetics:  Worldwide. Symbol Technologies, the first vendor to
launch a wireless LAN switch product, is facing stiff competition from tech 

titan Cisco Systems, according to Infonetics Research's latest Wireless LAN
Equipment quarterly market share report.
  Symbol maintained its leading share for wireless LAN switch revenue with
28% in the third quarter, but Cisco's acquisition of Airespace in early 2005
has now leapfrogged them into second place by the narrowest margin.
  Despite not having the wireless-only focus of some of its competitors,
Cisco has the ability to integrate wireless, security, VPN, VoIP, routing, and
switching, giving it significant advantages in the enterprise market as
wireless LAN converges with other technologies. Cisco is whittling down Symbol's head-start in the WLAN
switch segment and may soon claim the number-one spot.

  3Q05 Market Highlights;
  -- Worldwide wireless LAN equipment revenue grew to $753.6 million in
3Q05, and is forecast to reach $4.2 billion in 2008
  -- Wireless LAN switch revenue grew 18% to $95.1 million and is forecast
to reach $746.5 million in 2008
  -- The mesh network access node segment will jump 242% over the next 12
months
  -- Cisco maintained the top spot overall with 22% revenue share in the
wireless LAN equipment market, following its first $150 million+ quarter;
Cisco-Linksys was second, D-Link third, NETGEAR fourth
  -- Trapeze Networks and Aruba Networks hold the third and fourth spots in
wireless LAN switch revenue, behind Symbol and Cisco
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