Abstract
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As broadband and television operators ramp up enhanced bundled services
offerings, in-home connectivity becomes a more critical component. This report
examines the role of home networking and managed services in assisting service
providers to more effectively monetize their access networks.
“As broadband and television operators in particular seek to
differentiate their basic packages and offer new connectivity-related services
to their product mix, the demarcation point will move farther inside the
home,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks
Associates. “To account for the new services that the broadband carriers
will deploy, home networking and customer premise equipment will evolve beyond
basic broadband and data sharing to include new voice applications
(voice-over-Wi-Fi and/or mobile-to-fixed-line-handoff services) and
distributed entertainment.”
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