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Cahners In-Stat Group
Announces Q3 2001 Networking Quarterlies Results
Cahners In-Stat Group announced today the
results of its Networking Quarterlies reports for the third
quarter of 2001. The quarterlies, which cover broadband modems,
terabit routers, multiservice WAN switches, high-end LAN switches,
packet telephony gateways, and network interface cards (NICs) |
Digital Cable Drives
Set Top Net Access Market
The set top box market has sputtered this
year, but Internet access and other features are making set
tops more versatile and more attractive to providers and subscribers. |
The Wait for IP Slows
Down Cable Telephony
Even though the technology standards and
certification processes have been in place for years, the roll
out of IP (Internet Protocol) cable telephony has taken longer
than the industry anticipated. |
Cable Set Top Box Market
Remains Strong, But Growth Slows
The cable TV set top box market had record
unit sales and revenues in 2000 with over 18 million boxes shipped.
The rate of growth in digital services has slowed, but cable
set top box sales will nonetheless continue to rise over the
next few years. |
Broadband Access Technologies
Jockey for Subscribers
Broadband is hot with the installed base
of worldwide broadband subscribers forecasted to exceed 21 million
by the end of 2001, and ultimately reach almost 84 million by
the end of 2005. |
Cable Telephony On Hold
Until VoIP Matures
The cable telephony market has stalled as
many cable operators wait for IP-based cable telephony technology
to mature before launching voice service. That should occur
by early 2003, propelling the market through a period of strong
growth. |
Movement of Streaming
Media Onto Businesses Networks
Provides, More Methods New Opportunities
As streaming media takes on a distinct business-oriented
focus, due in part to the slowing global economy and the aftermath
of the recent terrorist tragedy, fundamental changes will occur
in how the technology is provided. |
The Digital Domicile:
The Exploding Market for Home Networking Technology and Services
The connected home market has been spurred
over the past year by a surge in popularity of wireless networking
technology and basic home routers to enable broadband sharing. |
Telco Video Gateway Market
to Explode
As more telephone companies (telcos) begin
deploying broadcast TV and entertainment on demand services,
the telco video gateway market will grow significantly reaching
4 million units in 2003. Unit shipment growth will propel revenue
to over $6 billion in 2005, even though ASPs will decline each
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Digital TV Coming Into
Focus in Europe, Not in U.S.
Although digital television (DTV) has yet
to make a ripple in the United States, it is making sizable
waves in Europe. In the United Kingdom alone, over one million
subscribers have opted for OnDigital, the country's leading
DTV service.
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Digital TVs Headed for
a Boom, Not a Bust
Will the digital TV market be a boom or
a bust? By 2005, annual worldwide DTV set shipments will reach
26 million units, clearly qualifying as a boom.
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MDU Broadband Providers
Seek Profitability
In the wake of a failed business model,
in-building broadband providers working to introduce a variety
of entertainment options to their service package. While offerings
like gaming will deliver some increased revenue potential,
providers will bank more heavily on voice and video offerings.
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Evolution of Home Automation
into Smart Home Networks
Propels Equipment Sales
The traditional home automation market
is beginning to change, as new applications are developed
for smart devices, and innovations in device networking technologies
enable the creation of user-friendly, inexpensive systems
that include an expanding range of devices.
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Streaming Media Servers
- Rich Content Via Internet Protocol
Streaming media is taking off and will
drive the market for servers that deliver multimedia signals
from the edges of the Internet to nearly $1.4 billion in 2005..
The number of streaming media servers sold will nearly double
every year through 2003 and then the market will continue
to grow, but more slowly, in 2004 and 2005.
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