Futuresource AV Wireless Connectivity in the Workplace

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Enterprise and Professional AV
Connectivity & Services

Date Published: 18 May 2023

This Futuresource report explores how 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E will evolve, and how and where they will impact the AV solution product areas used in enterprise settings. It also investigates the barriers and challenges of quality of service and latency, as well as emerging wireless audio device market solutions and critical use cases.

In addition, the report looks at how connectivity is integrated into video and audio devices, collaboration tools, and displays and interactive panels. Research is primarily focused on understanding the potential of wireless technologies in AV solutions, given broader market challenges around redefining enterprise meeting rooms and how employees collaborate and work.

To further understand wireless technology adoption and use cases in AV wireless devices, Futuresource draws on findings from its interview program with supply side vendors, as well as existing data from its end-user research. As a result, this report provides a strategic framework for any enterprise with an interest in the global wireless audio device market and its role in the workplace.

Creating safe, reliable and efficient meeting room environments is becoming more of a priority for business leaders. Enterprises want to ensure that they invest in room systems that support and develop a sense of meeting equity, regardless of employee location. However, the join-from-anywhere workplace creates challenges. Although remote participants require the same experience as their on-premise colleagues, ensuring their contributions are valued equally, they don’t always achieve parity.

The latest iterations of wireless standards, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G, are going some way to redress the balance, significantly improving bandwidth and latency over past versions. The three most significant impacts of 5G and Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E on the commercial wireless audio market are faster speed and the ability to move much more data; improved responsiveness due to lower latency; and a greater ability to connect multiple, varied devices.

At the same time, end users expect corporate devices to work straight out of the box, connecting to devices around the office with the same effortless experience provided by consumer devices. With all this opportunity and expectation, Futuresource expects sweeping changes to impact on enterprise AV uses cases. And although integrating wireless connections with displays is well-established, especially in the interactive panel sector, vendors will be able to tap into this as a key area for extended growth, along with a renewed focus on cameras and collaboration tools.

| Comprehensive PDF report

| Executive summary

| Enterprise workplace market drivers

| Market overview of short-range wireless standards

| Market overview of longt-range wireless standards

| Status of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 deployments

| Market opportunities and challenges

| Managed services

| AV product solutions

| Audiovisual wireless

| Wireless streaming

| Wireless AV receivers

| AV receiver wireless speakers

| Displays, projectors and interactive panels

| Cameras

| Wireless conferencing

| Wireless presentation

| Video conferencing

| Unified communications and collaboration

| Networking

| The application of Wi-Fi (6 and 6E) and 5G wireless solutions, and wireless connectivity market analysis for corporate devices and use cases

| Findings from Futuresource Consulting’s interview program with supply-side vendors

| Existing data from Futuresource end-user research to understand wireless technology adoption

| Wireless AV transmitter and receiver technologies

| The use of pro AV solutions in conjunction with wireless technologies in the corporate and enterprise setting, predominately in spaces where AV solutions are most often found, such as meeting spaces and other shared public spaces

Futuresource has been tracking, researching and consulting on AV, connectivity and corporate technology markets for more than 20 years. This publication is one in a series of research reports, produced to provide businesses with a complete view of the market.

Any enterprise operating within the corporate AV market and adjacent industries will benefit from this report, particularly:

| Brands and their suppliers

| Installers and consultants

| Intermediaries and supply chain

| Market strategists, marketing and sales professionals

| Investors