Outside of the U.S., consumers in countries large and small alike are looking to be part of the wired home networking revolution.
According to market research firm, Multimedia Research Group, by 2012, North America will have only about 17% share of the total worldwide subscribers (but it will dominate the global market in terms of gross service provider revenues.)
Taking a clue from this data, I think it’s important to look in various parts of the world as to how and where the wired home networking revolution and the deployment of the G.hn standard will take hold.
When I look for indicators, I look at data from market research firms, design wins, new technology, and new product announcements from vendors. In the transition to G.hn, the vendors still have technology-- and a product pipeline to fill.
Case in
point: last week, chip vendor,
CopperGate Communications announced a design win with Codetel, the largest
telco in the Dominican Republic.
At the other end of the spectrum, today CopperGate is announcing its new CopperGate CG3210M chipset. It is the
next generation HomePNA-based solution for multi-dwelling units (MDU)
and hospitality applications in Asia. They’re claiming delivery of up to
190 Mbit/s of IP traffic and is a third of the price for DOCSIS 3.0-based
solutions to deliver the same throughput.
The CopperGate
announcement quotes Kurt Scherf, VP and Principal Analyst with Parks
Assocations as saying “This new product will be particularly well-positioned in
Asian markets because of the rapidly-growing middle class of consumers who are
seeking these amenities for their apartments.”
That’s pretty
telling in that going forward, I think we all need to keep an eye on the market
outside of the United States.
Now, back to my headline for a minute.
In remembering
the song, “It’s a Small World,” here is something else to remember: the song was purposed for use at the
1964-65 World’s Fair in New York, a time when the old, old, old AT&T was
touting its futuristic “Videophone” at the same venue.
I wonder what
would happen today if a world’s fair were being held -- you pick the
country-- but with G.hn, and its
potential applications as the headlining attraction.
If I was
running the show, I’d license the song from Disney, and get every service
provider on planet earth to sing along, and imagine the potential of what a
global, single standard like G.hn could bring to the wired home networking
revolution.
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