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The Bottom Line
The RG and the Connected Home Market Dashboard
1.0 Report Summary
1.1 The RG as a Component of the Connected Home
1.2 Terms and Definitions
1.3 Data Sources
1.4 Companies Briefed
2.0 Market Examination
2.1 The Changing Face of Broadband Services
2.2 Why Does the Connected Home Matter to Service Providers?
2.3 Regional Growth and Trends
2.3.1 North America
United States
Canada
2.4 Europe
2.5 Asia-Pacific
2.5.1 Japan
2.5.2 South Korea
2.5.3 China (P.R.C.)
2.6 Service Providers and the Connected Home: Key Benefits
2.6.1 Consumer Receptivity to Home Network Applications
2.6.2 The Connected Home: Benefits to Operators
Increased Customer Satisfaction
Reduced OPEX
2.7 Residential Gateway Vendors
2Wire
Actiontec
Alcatel-Lucent
Alloptic
Aztech Electronics
Bewan Systems
Cisco Systems
D-Link
Entone
Huawei
Motorola
NEC
NETGEAR
PacketFront Systems
Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Sagem
SMC Networks
Sumitomo Electric Networks
Telco Systems
Teldat
Telsey Telecommunications
Thomson
Tilgin
Westell
Xavi Technologies
Zhone
Zoom Telephonics
ZTE
ZyXEL
3.0 Technology Overview
3.1 Home Networking Solutions
3.1.1 The Value of Home Networking to the Service Provider
3.1.2 “No-New-Wires”
HomePNA
HomePlug
DS2/UPA
MoCA
Panasonic HD-PLC
ITU G.hn 9960
IEEE P1901
3.1.3 Wireless
Wi-Fi®
Aceurity
Celeno
ProVision Communications
Quantenna
Ruckus Wireless
WHDI™ (AMIMON)
WirelessHD®
3.2 Service Providers and Connected Home: Key Solutions
3.2.1 Remote Management
2Wire
Alcatel-Lucent
Allied Telesis
Alloptic
Axiros
Cisco
ClearAccess
Comtrend
Dimark
FinePoint Technologies
Genexis
Motorola
PacketFront
Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Telco Systems
Telcordia
Tilgin
Zhone Technologies
ZTE
3.2.2 Device Management
Cisco HNAP
OMA DM
UPnP DM
3.2.3 Installation and Configuration Tools
Affinegy
Cisco (Pure Networks)
Enure Networks
SingleClick Systems
3.2.4 Applications Development and Execution
OSGi
Jungo
SoftAtHome
WiPro Technologies
3.2.5 Digital Rights Management
Cloakware (Irdeto Group)
Latens
Verimatrix
Widevine
3.2.6 IMS Support
3.2.7 Remote User Interfaces
3.2.8 Residential Gateway Silicon
Applied Micro Circuits
Broadcom
BroadLight
Cavium Networks
Centillium
Conexant
Cortina Systems
Freescale Semiconductor
Ikanos Communications
Infineon Technologies
Marvell
Mindspeed Technologies
PMC-Sierra
Teknovus
Texas Instruments
TransSwitch
Vitesse Semiconductor
4.0 Forecasts
4.1 Residential Gateways
5.0 Market Implications and Recommendations
5.1 Grading Service Providers and Connected Home Strategies
5.2 Moving Bandwidth and Services Deeper in the Home
5.3 Multi-platform Access to Services
5.4 Focus on Customer Satisfaction and Support
5.5 Building Holistic and Proactive Support Mechanisms