Home networking hits $5.4BN
Michelle Clancy | 10-11-2013
Globally, home networking device revenue totalled $5.4 billion in the first half of 2013, up 6% from the second half of 2012, according to Infonetics Research.
Multimedia over coax (MoCA) devices, which ship primarily in North America, once again drove revenue growth, while residential gateway revenue increased 7% in the period, as operators more heavily rely on residential gateways to deliver managed services.
As a result, operator-provided residential gateways continue to cannibalize retail routers: broadband router revenue and shipments declined in the first half.
"Like broadband CPE, home networking devices continue to grow as fixed broadband subscribers increase around the globe,” Jeff Heynen, principal analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research. “The types of services being delivered over data networks are growing as well, with the most important being multiscreen video.”
Heynen added, "Operators in North America and Western Europe are deploying higher-end gateways and set-top boxes with integrated wireless and wired technologies to distribute video to multiple devices in the home, driving a secondary market of MoCA set tops and HomePlug adapters for connecting TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, and a growing list of peripherals to home networks."
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