HomePlug Node Shipments to Surpass 30 Million by 2014

After facing tough competition from other powerline standards such as HDPLC and UPA, HomePlug has emerged as the market leader for powerline networking solutions. In addition to being the leader in powerline, the HomePlug Alliance has also signed liaison agreements with the Multimedia Over Coax Alliance, the Wi-Fi Alliance, and the ZigBee Alliance to promote cooperation and interoperability in home networking. New In-Stat research, HomePlug, MoCA, HomePNA, and G.hn: And the Winner Is”¦ (#IN1104889RC), forecasts that HomePlug node shipments will surpass 30 million units by 2014.

“HomePlug products are expected to maintain their lead and continue to grow considerably over the next five years. We expect the European region to remain the main target market for HomePlug products, though Asia/Pacific will see the highest growth rate over the next 5 years,” says Vahid Dejwakh, Analyst. “The first HomePlug CE devices will appear around late 2013 in both North America and Europe, and will grow considerably in the European market. This will be a HomePlug celebration and a key milestone in the development of powerline technology.”

New research findings include:

• Worldwide, over 40 million wired home networking nodes shipped in 2010.
• HomePlug node shipments currently represent 50% of all nodes shipped.
• The main providers of networking nodes for this market are Atheros, Entropic Communications, Sigma Designs, and Broadcom.
• G.hn will replace HPNA and then overtake MoCA by end of year 2015.
• HomePlug dominates Router/Gateway home networking units throughout the forecast period. The same cannot be said for set top boxes, which will be dominated by MoCA. However, G.hn will make impressive gains in set top boxes, becoming the second most popular standard by 2013 and challenging MoCA by 2015.

Recent In-Stat research HomePlug, MoCA, HomePNA, and G.hn: And the Winner Is”¦ (#IN1104889RC) presents a full, in-depth analysis of the existing alternative wired home networking space, and forecasts node shipments by region, by standard, and by device type for the next five years including:

• Overviews and brief histories of each competing technologies including HomePlug, Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA), HomePNA, and HomeGrid’s G.hn
• Node shipments by standard, by region, and by device, from 2007 to 2010, and forecasts for 2011 through 2015
• Provides shipment data for all three existing standards (HomePlug, MoCA, HomePNA) from 2007-2010, and forecasts the impact of G.hn shipments
• Revenues (in US$) from node shipments by standard from 2007 to 2010, and forecasts for 2011 through 2015
• Regional shipment breakouts include North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and Rest of World (ROW)
• Device breakouts include adapter/bridges, router/gateways, STB/DVRs, and consumer electronics (CE)
• Regional breakouts of existing and forecasted total home networks
• Regional breakouts of existing and forecasted home networks with coax and/or powerline
• Discussions of several key upcoming developments that will impact the market
• Companies discussed include Actiontec, AT&T, Atheros, Bell Canada, Broadcom, Comcast, CopperGate, Cox Communications, D-Link, DS2, Entropic, Gigle Networks, Intel Corp, Intellon, Lantiq, Marvell, Motorola, NETGEAR, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Sigma Designs, Texas Instruments, Verizon

For a free sample of the report and more information contact Elaine Potter, epotter@in-stat.com; (480) 483-4441.