WLAN Market Down

Synergy Research Group says the overall WLAN market worldwide took a dip in the second quarter of 2006, by 3% from the first quarter. But overall, it was up 14% compared to Q2 of 2005. Enterprise sales, as usual led by Cisco (down 4% from Q1), were flat. Consumer/SOHO sales of Wi-Fi equipment were down 4%, led by Linksys (a Cisco subsidiary), which was down 2% quarter-to-quarter. Synergy notes that Q2 precedes back-to-school and holiday purchases, so a rebound by Q3 is a possibility.