IDC predicts that the domestic Wi-Fi 6 market will be close to US$200 million in 2020

Recently, IDC released the "China WLAN Market Quarterly Tracking Report for the Third Quarter of 2019", which shows that the domestic WiFi market size in the third quarter reached 230 million US dollars, showing a steady upward trend. In addition, the report also predicts that by 2020, the market size of WiFi 6 technology in China will be close to 200 million US dollars.

It is understood that WiFi 6 can theoretically support a maximum rate of nearly 10Gbps, which can achieve the highest quality wireless network currently available. Since the second half of 2019, many manufacturers have released products equipped with WiFi 6 technology, including some models and router products of Apple, Huawei, and Xiaomi. Among chip manufacturers, a small number of products from Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Intel have also achieved support for WiFi 6.

Judging from past performance, after more than half a year of trial, industries such as education and medical care still have a relatively positive attitude towards WiFi 6 devices and are willing to expand demand.

Although WiFi 6 technology has only officially entered the industry's attention in the form of products since 2019 and is still in its infancy, there are nearly 2,000 known terminal design models in mobile platforms that support smartphones and other terminal devices to provide WiFi 6 and 5G connection functions. It can be seen that the market potential of WiFi 6 technology and products is extremely considerable.

Regarding the market performance of WiFi 6 technology, Guo Yue, an analyst at IDC China Enterprise Network Products Research Department, said that while WiFi 6 products are full of opportunities, they also face many challenges such as cost control and market acceptance. In his opinion, 2020 will be the first year of rapid growth for WiFi 6. Starting this year, WiFi 6 products will gradually replace WiFi 5, which is in its mature stage, and WiFi 4, which is in its declining stage.