In 2015, 802.11n based wireless local area network (WLAN) products dominated the market, accounting for a share of 50.3% in terms of shipment and revenue.In 2015, the Americas dominated the market, accounting for 42.02% of the market share in terms of revenue.The availability of enhanced cellular connectivity is boosting the growth of the global mobile access point (AP) market.Increased development of smart cities is contributing significantly to the market growth.High-scale deployment of long-term evolution (LTE) networks for better connectivity is favoring the market.More than 115 million non-smartphone connected devices (mobile PCs, tablets,and mobile hotspot devices) were sold worldwide in 2015 owing to the demand for the internet to access information.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 7

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 8

PART 03: Market research methodology 11

Research methodology 11

Economic indicators 11

PART 04: Introduction 12

Key market highlights 12

PART 05: Market landscape 14

Market overview 14

Market size and forecast 16

ASP of wireless APs 2015-2020 18

Shipments of wireless APs 2015-2020 19

Five forces analysis 20

PART 06: Market segmentation by location 21

Global wireless AP market by location 21

PART 07: Market segmentation by product 22

Global wireless AP market by product 22

Gateways/routers 23

Dependent AP 24

Independent AP 25

PART 08: Market segmentation by standard 26

Global wireless AP market by standard 26

802.11n 27

802.11ac 28

802.11a/b/g 29

PART 09: Market segmentation by end-user 31

Global wireless AP market by end-user 31

Consumers 32

Enterprises 33

PART 10: Geographical segmentation 35

Global wireless AP market by geography 35

Americas 36

EMEA 37

APAC 38

PART 11: Market drivers 39

PART 12: Impact of drivers 43

PART 13: Market challenges 44

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges 46

PART 15: Market trends 47

PART 16: Vendor landscape 50

PART 17: Key vendor analysis 52

Aerohive 52

Cisco Systems 55

HPE 56

Ruckus Wireless 60

Ubiquiti 62

Other prominent vendors 63

PART 18: Appendix 68

List of abbreviations 68

PART 19: Explore Technavio 70