New research from Premonvision provides insights to the Western European gateway market by 2012
LONDON, United Kingdom, -20 November, 2009 – The Western European home gateway market 2009-2012 report from advisory and consulting firm Premonvision reveals detailed information on how operators in the region will develop and position the residential gateway by 2012. The report is based on confidential and anonymous in-depth interviews with operators from the region, and the report was released to clients today. Highlights from the research show:
- DLNA compliant home gateways are set to become mainstream request from operators as five out of six operators expect to deploy such residential gateways by 2011.
- By 2009, five out of six operators will have TR-69 compliant gateway products on the market.
- By 2010, all operators will use USB connectivity on the gateway.
- Wi-Fi 802.11n will be the predominant in-home network technology, aside from Ethernet cabling, where as there is only one operator that might deploy a femtocell solution in 2011, and only two operators that will integrate power line communication by 2012.
- Compared to the 2008 research release it is apparent that the global financial downturn has delayed or cancelled home gateway projects.
- Expect integrated security, energy and telecoms services in select markets.
“In a year where financial prudence has become a top priority, it is clear that operators are driving forth hardware and software flexibility on the residential gateway”, says Carl Gressum, Principal Advisor and responsible for the research. “In our regional structured interviews with Western European operators the feedback is that operators will by 2012 develop the home gateway as a service and application platform, that is context aware and can aggregate content on the home network”, adds Gressum.
The research report shows how operators deploy new services and technologies year by year. Recurring across the operators is the need for zero-touch installations, automatic device management, and gaining access to information streams about the home network itself. Therefore, five out of six operators in this research will embed TR-69 from the Broadband Forum by 2009.
The home gateway is becoming a crucial part in the ability to deliver a wider range of flexible services while at the same time managing costs and also lowering the need for customer support activities. “The lack of firm support for non-voice IMS architectures may therefore come as a surprise in this region. However, now that operators have had more time to research and test IMS for a range of services they have a clearer view on what IMS may be used for”, adds Gressum.
For in-home networking Wi-Fi standard IEEE 802.11n is set to become the defacto, as all operators will include the technology by 2010 on their gateway products. The much hyped femtocells are far away mass adoptions in this research, with only one operator that might use the technology by 2011. Power line technologies fare much the same, due to issues with reliability in multi-phased electric homes, competing standards, and to what extent the electrical grid in-home has the proper quality levels that are needed for data transfers.
“As operators position the gateway as a centre piece of their ability to deliver a wider range of services to the residential market, and also to use the gateway as an application and service platform, they will need to more firmly create sound road maps for the gateway product to support the future direction of the market”, says Gressum in a closing remark.
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Premonvision is an advisory and consulting firm in the Internet services and consumer electronics market. It provides in-depth research and consulting services on operator strategies for the residential market, and the impacts of consumer electronics and IT on the services market.
