Ruckus Wireless sees positive growth

SUNNYVALE, USA:  Ruckus Wireless has announced a 95 per cent growth in enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) supplier in the market, according to a new wireless LAN report by Gartner.

Additionally, the comany has garnered the top market share position in unit shipments of outdoor wireless mesh systems to service providers around the globe for the third straight quarter, according to a separate report published by the Dell’Oro Group.

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According to industry analysts, data traffic has exploded in 2010 across both enterprise and carrier networks. Some so-called “superphones” routinely average more than 1 GB per month, and by the end of 2010, it’s expected that the average US consumption per smart device will be approximately 325 MB per month -- up 112 per cent from 2009.

Additionally, Cisco’s “mobile data trends” research estimates that 66 per cent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2014 and that mobile video will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 131 per cent over the next five years.

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“We’re in the midst of a global transformation as the mobile Internet opens up possibilities for communicating and sharing information in ways never before thought possible,” said Manjit Singh, Managing Director  Ruckus Wireless India & SAARC. “Whether you’re an enterprise dealing with iPads on your network or a carrier overloaded by Android traffic, these reports clearly validate the growing need for more robust Wi-Fi technology that can deliver high throughput despite an increasingly noisy and crowded Wi-Fi environment.”