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In-Stat: Use of Coax/Phone Wire Growing for Service Provider In-Home Networks (15/6/2009)

By 2013, the average household will have 2.5x as many digital media devices (computing, gaming, stationary digital consumer electronics, portable and mobile wireless devices) in use as in 2008, according to In-Stat. Accompanying this adoption will be a rise in the number of these devices that are network-enabled, leveraging various wired and wireless technologies, like coax, phone wiring, powerline, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi. Networking over existing in-home wiring is becoming increasingly important, particularly among service provider entertainment networks that connect set-top boxes together and to residential gateways.

"Over the next few years, service providers will drive the growth of in-home networks," says Joyce Putscher, In-Stat analyst. "Entertainment networks tie set-top boxes together, enabling additional services, such as whole-home DVR. Providers will encourage more PC home networks by replacing modem-only households with residential gateways."

The recent research by In-Stat found the following:

* Two segregated home networks (HN) have been evolving - a service provider-centric network, and a PC-centric network.
* While consumers want to be able to move content and services between the two types of networks, both technical and business model barriers will continue to stand in their way.
* Average PC home network throughput will rise by more than 70% from 2008 to 2013.
* Nearly 2/3 of consumer respondents from In-Stat's survey expressed an interest in watching Internet video on their TV.
* Thus far, most service provider deployments using MoCA and HomePNA have been in North America, in terms of volume.

The research, "Global & North American Service Provider In-Home Networks Over Coax & Phone Wiring" (#IN0904513RC), includes:

* Overview of the integrated digital home vision and key trends.
* Driving factors behind networking over coax and phone wiring.
* Why networking over coax and phone wiring is still primarily deployed in North America.
* The growth of North American household service provider in-home entertainment networks and worldwide chipset shipments for 2007-2013.
* MoCA and HomePNA shipments for 2007-2009.
* Key current vendor ecosystems and comparisons for MoCA and HomePNA, and the developing ITU-T G.hn.
* North American 2009 consumer survey results reflecting familiarity, interest, price response, and application usage.

The price is $2,495.

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