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Home Networks to Connect 100+ Million Devices in Five Years
Parks Associates' study finds growth in PC and entertainment applications
The home networking market will grow to cover nearly
150 million installed nodes (connected devices) in U.S. households by the end of 2005,
according to a new study by Parks Associates.
Networks in the
Home: Analysis and Forecasts (Second Edition) also reveals that two distinct
consumer applications - the need to link multiple PCs in the home and the desire for
enhanced entertainment - will provide the impetus for the rise in interest for home
networking. However, interest in these different home networking applications will not be
consistent across multiple consumer segments.
"Previous forecasts and analyses of this market have tended to lump all
applications together into one 'home networking' pot," said
Kurt Scherf, vice president of
research, and co-author of the report. "Given that we're looking at completely
different products and applications as home networking moves forward, we find such
analyses spurious. Therefore, we've separated two main drivers - PCs and entertainment -
from each other to track growth separately."
Networks in the
Home: Analysis and Forecasts (Second Edition) breaks the PC networking market into segments,
including wired and "no-new-wires." According to this recent Parks Associates
report, each of the main "no-new-wires" solutions will have their place in the
home. "No one solution will reign supreme," Scherf noted. "We'll find that
diffusion of networking solutions differs based on consumer needs, the type of equipment
they desire to network, and the price point they are willing to pay."
 Networks in the
Home: Analysis and Forecasts (Second Edition) examines the challenges of
marketing home networks based on distinct application divisions, provides analysis of the
technologies driving home networking and gives detailed forecasts for both PC and
entertainment-centric home networking solutions. For more information on this and other
reports, please contact Parks Associates at
972-490-1113.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, in
partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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