Abstract
This IDC study provides the updated worldwide forecast for adoption of home
networks. The study forecasts the number of households with home networks and
breaks out home networks by application type, including PC home networks,
multimedia home networks, and entertainment home networks. This study also
includes forecasts of unit shipments and revenue of wireless home routers in
each region, as well as the growth of the installed base of wireless home
networks, broken down by wireless protocol.
Worldwide, the home networking market has made incremental progress, both in
terms of increasing adoption of home networks generally and in terms of moving
consumers into more intensive home networking applications. Home networking
continues to benefit in evolutions of consumer technology adoption on all
levels and in all regions, with major drivers of home networking adoption such
as broadband subscribership, multi-PC ownership, and consumer laptop sales all
increasing at a modest pace.
"Home networking is moving apace in every region worldwide, with the home
networking markets in advanced industrial nations predictably further along
than those in developing countries. The industry has made and continues to make
great strides on all fronts of home networking, particularly in ease of use and
ease of installation of basic home networking equipment as well as multimedia
networking devices. Integration of online audio and video services will be key
to multimedia networking," said Jonathan Gaw, research manager for IDC's
Consumer Markets: Home Networking program.
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