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13th December - A major increase in worldwide broadband subscribers,
along with the hot popularity of wireless- and VoIP-enabled
equipment, is resulting in Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
market growth of nearly 20% in 2005, reports In-Stat. The
broadband CPE market, composed of devices that primarily include
modem and home-networking functionality, is transitioning
from being dominated by modems toward a heavier focus on gateways,
the high-tech market research firm says.
Broadband service providers are behind this transition, as
they believe that it is necessary to deliver more advanced
services. This transition will enable service providers to
provide a back-end managed home network and add opportunities
for additional revenue.
A recent report by In-Stat found the following:
- Many consumers are attempting to save on their phone bill
by trying out several flavors of VoIP, which is boosting
the market for VoIP-enabled CPE.
- The move from two-box solutions, such as modem/router
combinations, to one-box residential gateway deployments
for home networks means fewer boxes sold.
- This two-for-one box transition, however, will impact
total broadband CPE unit growth over the next 5 years.
This Market Alert is drawn from the In-Stat report, "Broadband
CPE 2005: Focus on VoIP, Integration & Wireless",
which covers trends and worldwide vendor market shares (modems,
gateways, SOHO routers), and provides five-year forecasts
of residential gateways, modems, and routers in units and
revenues. Cable and DSL CPE modems and gateways are also forecasted
by region. Forecasts for gateways are broken out by access
type. Also included are forecasts for cable CPE with E-MTA,
VoIP-enabled DSL CPE and routers, and DOCSIS standard migration.
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