US home networks researcher Parks Associates says that residential home gateways will grow to 70 million by the end of 2012, according to its new report, Networks in the Home.
Service providers worldwide are scrambling to add value to broadband, communications, and other services,’ said Kurt Scherf, Parks Associates’ Vice President and Principal Analyst. ‘Connected home strategies are focusing on advanced customer premises equipment and related services that provide significant enhancements to both subscribers and service providers.’
Scherf says that strategies for residential gateway deployments start with value-added features such as multiroom DVR and streaming multimedia applications and home monitoring. Then service providers will move onto remotely managed CPE to reduce customer support costs.