Smart Product Market Assessment Home Networking 2025

Home Networking Products: Mesh, Wi-Fi 7, and the Competitive Landscape

The home networking landscape continues to evolve, with networking products incorporating new technology and features including Wi-Fi 7, mesh networking, 5G mobility and fallback, and router-enabled services.

This research investigates the changing home networking space. It examines consumer awareness of and demand for home networking products and services, including consumer awareness of home networking features and willingness to subscribe to premium services such as professional technical support, whole-home cybersecurity, and advanced parental controls.

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Executive Summary

Connected Home Landscape
•Average Number of Connected Devices per HH by Category
•Average Number of Connected CE Devices Owned by Device Type – Trending
•Average Number of Smart Home Devices Owned – Trending
•Distribution of Smart Home Adopters by Number of Devices

Market Trends
•ISP Deployments
•New Router Functionality
•Leading Player Assessment

Router Adoption by Model
•Router Adoption Channel – ISP vs. Retail
•Adoption of Routers by Source
•Home Networking Product Ownership Among US Internet Households
•Brand of Home Network Router/Wi-Fi Mesh Network – Trending
•Wi-Fi Router/Gateway Brand by Acquisition Channel (ISP vs. Retail)
•Adoption of Gateway-Enabled Services – Trending
•Adoption of Gateway-Enabled Services – Free vs. Paid
•Familiarity with Home Networking Technologies - Trending

Mesh Networking and Extenders
•Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh Networking System Adoption Among Router Owners
•Most Recent Wi-Fi Extender/Mesh Networking Unit Acquisition Channel
•Home Internet Net Promotor Score by Network Router/Gateway Brand
•Most Recent Wi-Fi Network Router Acquisition Channel – Trending
•Most Recent Wi-Fi Extender/Mesh Networking Unit Acquisition Channel – Trending
•Home Internet Service Issues Experienced in Past 90 Days – Trending
•Impact of Compounded Service Issues on Home Internet Provider Net Promoter Score
•Net Promoter Score of Home Internet Provider by Service Issues Experienced
•Number of Home Internet Service Issues by Home Size
•Home Internet Service Issues Experienced by Home Size

Router/Gateway Applications
•Use of Router/Gateway Apps and Features
•Use of Router/Gateway App by Router Brand
•Router/Gateway App Feature Usage by Router Brand
•Impact of Router App Usage on Internet Provider NPS

Router-Enabled Services
•Interest in New Router-Enabled Services from Home Internet Provider
•Interest in New Service from Internet Service Provider by Current Access Method
•Interest in Tested Service Concepts by Parental Status and Age of Householder
•Demographic Profile of Interested Buyers – Age, Parental Status, Second Home

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Yilan Jiang

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