Wi-Fi 7 Drives Record WLAN Shipments as Memory Costs Push Prices Higher
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Redwood City – – September 17, 2026 -- Vendors shipped a record volume of Access Points in the second quarter of 2026, pushing the global WLAN market to double-digit growth across every region, according to Dell'Oro Group's newly published Wireless LAN Quarterly Report.
Wi-Fi 7 captures more than half of second-quarter WLAN sales
Wi-Fi 7 equipment accounted for over 50% of the market in 2Q26, and Dell'Oro Group expects adoption of the standard to keep rising through 2028. Senior Director Siân Morgan said the first Wi-Fi 8 revenue could appear as early as next year, but that Wi-Fi 7 will remain the dominant purchase for enterprise buyers in the interim.