[May 16, 2013]

Multiscreen Video Delivery via Residential Gateways a Fast-Growing Trend, Shows Infonetics Study

Market research firm Infonetics released excerpts from its Residential Gateway (News - Alert) Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, which delves into service providers strategies for deploying residential gateways, applications driving deployments, and their top picks for residential gateway vendors, services, technologies and features.

ANALYST NOTE

"Operators continue to morph their fixed broadband network strategies to focus not only on the size of the connection to the subscriber, but also on the services and revenue these broadband connections can deliver. Residential gateways are critical to ensuring the successful delivery of these services within the home, particularly video services," notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research.

"Our recent survey shows the percentage of operators offering multiscreen video (wireless delivery of video to mobile phones, PCs, and tablets) using a residential gateway is growing quickly, from just 6% today to 50% by 2014," continues Heynen. "They're looking to differentiate basic pay TV services and keep customers from moving to competitors or, increasingly, cutting the cord entirely."

RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Broadband data, IPTV, WiFi hotspot access, and VoIP are the main applications operator respondents are currently offering using a residential gateway
• The number of operators offering home automation services using a residential gateway grows to 44% by 2014
• Well over half of respondents are using copper Ethernet to deliver broadband services
• Huawei and ZTE (News - Alert) are perceived as the top residential gateway vendors by over a third of survey respondents

REPORT SYNOPSIS

For its 24-page residential gateway survey, Infonetics (News - Alert) interviewed incumbent and competitive telecom operators in North America, EMEA, Latin America, and Asia Pacific about residential gateway deployment strategies, residential gateway vendors, features, services, technologies (VDSL/VDSL2, GPON, Ethernet, DOCSIS, LTE, etc.), and interfaces (Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n/ac, USB, HomePlug AV, MoCA, Zigbee, Z-Wave, coaxial, etc.). Vendors named by service providers in response to open-ended questions in the survey include Actiontec, ADB/Pirelli, Alcatel-Lucent, AVM, Calix (News - Alert), Comtrend, D-Link, FiberHome, Huawei, Humax, Motorola, NETGEAR, Pace, Sagemcom, Samsung, Technicolor, TP-Link, Zhone, ZTE, ZyXEL, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

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MORE MAY MARKET SHARE / FORECAST REPORTS AND SURVEYS

Download Infonetics' market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• Pay TV Services and Subscribers
• Pay TV Subscriber Database
• Broadcast and Streaming Video Equipment and Pay TV Subscribers
• CMTS and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers - 1Q13 Edition
• PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment and Subscribers - 1Q13 Edition

INFONETICS WEBINARS

Visit https://www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, to view recent webinars on demand, or to learn about sponsoring a webinar.

• The Transcoder Boom in a Multiscreen World (Sponsorships available)
• Securing and Managing Mobile Devices in a BYOD World (May 14: View on demand)
• Preparing Enterprise Networks for a Wireless Multi-Device World (View on demand)
• Leveraging Hotspot 2.0 for Carrier WiFi (News - Alert) Networks (View on demand)

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N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395

Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

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