According to IDC Research, 3.8 billion Wi-Fi devices are forecast to ship in 2023 alone, and of those, 473 million are expected to be Wi-Fi 6E devices. The firm further expects more than 18% of all Wi-Fi 6 device shipments to be Wi-Fi 6E in 2023, a ratio that will grow to 32% in 2025. Below are four key drivers behind the growth that Wi-Fi 6E has experienced this year.
Post-COVID enterprise upgrade cycle
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, work and school took place largely from home, resulting in unprecedented traffic volume as usage shifted from enterprise and education networks to primarily consumer broadband networks.