ABI Research Sees Good WiFi Growth

The latest "Wi-Fi Quarterly Service" report by ABI research shows solid second quarter growth for wireless networking technologies.

From ABI Research’s press release:

The latest edition of ABI Research’s “Wi-Fi Quarterly Service” shows solid second quarter growth across the bundle of wireless networking technologies collectively known as Wi-Fi.

According to Phil Solis, senior analyst at ABI Research, this quarter-to-quarter market growth is being driven by different factors in the consumer/SOHO space and in the enterprise. In the former, he says, “broadband adoption, and its accompanying purchases of access points and adaptors, have been boosting consumer spending. And there’s still plenty of room for more.”

Wi-Fi adoption has been slower in the enterprise sector. Over the past few years, prices for consumer equipment have been falling faster than those for enterprise-grade systems, and the SOHO and consumer spend has outpaced that of enterprises by a good margin.

But a bigger factor preventing greater Wi-Fi adoption in organizations has, says Solis, been security