The consumer Wi-Fi device shipments in 2013.

D-link router

The overall trend is clear; 802.11n devices hold the largest market share of the consumer Wi-Fi device shipments in 2013 while Cisco continues to lead the race as the largest 802.11ac enterprise vendor, accounting for nearly 20% of total access points shipped in 2013. Cisco has again, some reasons to rejoice; so, according to KhinSandi Lynn, industry analyst, “Although 802.11n devices hold the largest market share of the consumer Wi-Fi device shipments in 2013, 802.11n share of shipments is likely to start declining in 2014 as 802.11ac device adoption continues to grow. 802.11ac devices are expected to represent 45% of consumer Wi-Fi equipment shipments at the end of 2014.”

ABI Research underlines that, the worldwide Wi-Fi customer premises equipment market including access points, routers and gateways shipments surpassed 139.1

million in 2013.

In the enterprise Wi-Fi market, 13.2 million access points were shipped in 2013; a 20% increment from 2012. 802.11ac standard access points accounted for 6% of enterprise-sized access points shipped in 2013.

D-Link topped the consumer Wi-Fi shipment market with a 12.7% market share in 3Q-2013, while TP-LINK dropped to second position with a slightly lower market share of 12.6%, and NETGEAR finished third at 12.4%. ZTE maintains its pole in the enterprise WLAN market with 33% market share, while Cisco stands in second position with 27%, followed by HP Networking with 8%.