Wireless LAN Controller Market Analysis

Wireless LAN Controller Market Analysis

The integrated wireless LAN controller segment will hold a market share of over 40% by 2025 due to the growing need to deploy a controller with integrated security functionalities. wireless LAN controllers enable enterprises to manage, control, optimize, and secure their network resources from a single device. Enterprises are widely using such controllers to reduce their hardware procurement and maintenance costs. Several companies operating in the wireless LAN controller market are introducing smart controllers, which can manage multiple access points & switches and also comply with the latest Wi-Fi standards.
 

SME/SOHO held a wireless LAN controller market share of over 35% in 2018 and are expected to hold a share of over 40% in 2025. To support business-critical networking needs, enterprises need network management solutions, which can monitor their LAN devices and secure their networks. SMEs are embracing wireless access for their networks to reduce network management costs and improve employee productivity. As the number of small organizations and branch offices using wireless infrastructure continues to surge, the demand for wireless LAN controllers to provide wide area coverage and centralized management will increase. They will rapidly use such controllers to handle network challenges related to management and security and support their growing number of APs in a cost-effective manner.
 

The BFSI wireless LAN controller market is estimated to hold a share of over 15% in 2025. The growing trend of workforce mobility and the adoption of digital platforms are becoming enablers for the BFSI industry to reduce operational costs and deliver exceptional services to customers. However, this has also resulted in an increase in the use of smartphones and networking devices such as access points, switches, routers, and firewalls. To unburden IT teams from managing the complex network of devices, banking & financial institutions are leveraging on wireless LAN controllers, which offer high-performance through optimization of network connections.
 

The Asia Pacific wireless LAN controller market will witness the fastest growth rate of around 10% over the forecast timespan due to the rise in the usage of smartphones and laptops by residential & business customers. The growing trend of BYOD and the huge demand for bandwidth-intensive applications to meet business needs have resulted in an increase in the deployment of access points to support connectivity demands. To manage multiple access points across a network in a cost-effective way, enterprises are deploying cloud-managed wireless LANs. In February 2017, D-Link Corp, partnered with TeamF1, a subsidiary of D-Link India Ltd., for delivering mydlink Business, a cloud-based device management platform. This partnership helped enterprises to easily deploy wireless LAN for enterprise connectivity. The ongoing investments in the wireless networking technologies, such as 4G & 5G, will also spur the adoption of LAN controllers to monitor the access points and network devices in real-time to improve network efficiency.