Global Powerline Home Networking Update: Growing in Spite of the Economy

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Overview: Networking Over Powerline
  • Why Powerline?
  • Avoiding New Cabling
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
  • Technical Challenges & Benefits
  • Competing Existing-Wire Mediums and Technologies
    • HomePNA and MoCA
    • Powerline AV Over Coax for MDUs
• Alliances, Standards, & Competing Technologies Over Powerline
  • HomePlug Powerline Alliance
    • HomePlug-Enabled Service Providers
    • HomePlug 1.0
    • HomePlug Command & Control (HPCC)
    • HomePlug Turbo
    • HomePlug AV
    • HomePlug BPL for Access
  • Universal Powerline Association (UPA)
  • Consumer Electronic Powerline
  • Communications Alliance (CEPCA)
  • United Power Line Council (UPLC)
  • ITU-T G.hn Update
    • HomeGrid Forum
    • IEEE 1901
    • IEEE P1901 Effort Still in Negotiations
• Applications for Powerline Networking
  • Broadband Access Over Powerline
    • Utility Company Use
    • Customer Services
    • BPL Business Models
    • Three Primary Infrastructure Components
    • BPL Deployment Costs
    • Costs of Broadband Access via Powerline
    • Economic Viability for Rural Communities
  • In-Home Broadband Over Powerline
    • Multi-Play Services
    • Home Networking
    • Home Automation and Security Systems/Services
    • Electric Car Charging
• Changes in the Market of Note
  • Product Market Trends
  • Semiconductor Vendor Changes: CopperGate, SPiDCOM, Arkados, and STMicroelectronics
    • Arkados and STMicroelectronics
    • CopperGate
    • SPiDCOM
  • New Application Trends
  • ITU-T G.hn and IEEE P1901
• Consumer Perspectives
  • Familiarity With Alternative Wire Networking Technologies
  • Types of Alternative Wire Networking Technologies in Use
  • Type of Alternative Wire Technologies Home Network Users are Considering for an Upgrade
• Worldwide Market Shares
• Worldwide Forecasts
  • Why Will Powerline Do Well During an Economic Downturn?
  • Worldwide Broadband Powerline Networking Equipment: In-Home, and Access/Utility
  • Opportunities for Broadband Powerline Equipment by Region
  • Forecast by Retail vs. Service Provider
  • Forecast by Bandwidth
  • Forecast by Product Segmentation
  • Forecast by Technology
  • Forecast for PHY/MAC Chipset ASP by Bandwidth
  • Forecast for HomePlug Command & Control Narrowband Powerline
• Equipment Vendor Matrix
• Methodology
• Related In-Stat Reports

• Table 1. Familiarity of Alternative Wire Home Networking Technologies in North America
• Table 2. Type of Alternative Networking Technologies in Use by Current Home Network Users in North America
• Table 3. Types of Alternative Wire Adapters Under Consideration for Upgrading in North America
• Table 4. Worldwide 2007 Broadband Powerline Equipment Market Shares (Units in Thousands)
• Table 5. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment, In-Home Networking vs. MDU/Access/Utility, Annual Shipments, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 6. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Region, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 7. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Sales Channel, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 8. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Bandwidth, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 9. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Product Segment, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 10. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Technology, HomePlug vs. Non-HomePlug, 2006 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 11. Worldwide Broadband Powerline PHY/MAC Chipset ASP by Bandwidth, 2006 - 2012 (US$)
• Table 12. Worldwide HPCC Narrowband Powerline Chipsets, 2007 - 2012 (Units in Thousands)
• Table 13. In-Home Broadband Powerline-Enabled Equipment Vendor Matrix

• Figure 1. HomePlug-Enabled Service Providers