Wireless switch-port sales show massive boom

Demand for wireless switch ports went through the roof at the start of this year, as companies get serious about Wi-Fi. Latest figures for sales of wireless networking equipment show that many more companies are installing wireless networks in their offices. Market research firm Infonetics has reported that the volume of wireless LAN switch ports sold in the first three months of this year was 158 percent greater than in the last quarter of 2003. Revenue grew by 120 percent during the period.

The total value of sales of wireless LAN hardware only rose by 2 percent in the first quarter of 2004, reaching $696.4m (£388.6m).

These figures show that the market for corporate WLAN sales is growing strongly at present, as companies install access points and buy wireless switches to integrate them into their existing network. They also suggest that the rise in sales of WLAN hardware across the board has been balanced by a significant drop in prices.

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