Wi-Fi 7 to Drive Double-Digit Enterprise WLAN Growth in 2025

According to Dell'Oro Group's recently published Wireless LAN 5-Year Forecast Report, excess inventory in the channel has been cleared, and WLAN revenue is expected to grow 12% in 2025. Wi-Fi 7 shipments will shoot up in 2025 and will represent over a third of Indoor AP revenues.

"We expect that in 2028, Wi-Fi 7 sales will represent over 90% of Indoor AP revenues, with the first enterprise class Wi-Fi 8 APs appearing on the market late that year," said Siân Morgan, Research Director at Dell'Oro Group. "Wi-Fi 6 never reached that level of penetration because Wi-Fi 6E was released to the market so quickly."

"Industry experts who sit on the key standards bodies are already working through the options for Wi-Fi 8. We predict a material upswing in Wi-Fi 8 adoption in 2029, which gives Wi-Fi 7 over 5 years on the market for vendors to recoup development costs," added Morgan.

Additional report highlights:

• Lower Wi-Fi 7 price premiums are expected to boost market adoption of the technology.
• HPE's acquisition of Juniper may help grow the worldwide Public Cloud-Managed WLAN market.
• Vendor WLAN software revenues are expected to keep growing, as Annual Recurring Revenue streams build up.
• Adoption of AI by enterprises is expected to put pressure on the Local Area Network and support spending on WLAN.

Source: Dell'Oro Group