In a move that it says creates a global leader in customer premises equipment (CPE), Technicolor is buying Cisco’s CPE business for €550 million in cash and stock. Technicolor says the deal will see its Connected Home business achieve adjusted EBITDA in excess of €200 million in 2016. The move signals further consolidation of the sector following ARRIS’s acquisition […]
Worldwide broadband CPE revenue dropped to $2.8 billion (€2.5bn) in the first quarter of 2015, decreasing 2 per cent sequentially, while unit shipments stayed flat at 54 million as service providers continued to expand their fixed broadband service capabilities in the highly-competitive customer premises equipment market, according to IHS. “Overall, the CPE market remains strong, […]
The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by new OTT service offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, together with the rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices, is one of the major market trends of the moment. This, however, puts an enormous strain on in-home networks which can struggle to cope with the […]
Pay-TV operators purchased $15.3 billion worth of set-top boxes (STBs) in 2014, down from $15.9 billion in 2013. This decline represents the first contraction in the market since 2002, according analysis and insight firm IHS. Shipments of pay-TV STBs grew slightly in 2014 to 204.7 million units, an increase of just under 1 per cent […]
The number of households worldwide with Wi-Fi home gateways or routers will rise substantially in the next five years to become a strategic component for ISPs and customers who rely on the technology for everyday activities, according to research from IHS. IHS forecasts that by 2019, nearly 90 per cent of all households will have […]
As the trend towards connected living and the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to permeate home, work and city solutions, the need to keep tabs on a myriad of connected devices will thrust the global IoT testing and monitoring equipment market into the spotlight. The incorporation of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication – central to IoT deployment […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, a supplier of advanced wireless and OTT/IPTV technologies, has formally released its new Client Steering technology, following a field trial announced with major operator SingTel in Singapore. Client Steering addresses a key Wi-Fi performance issue induced by the explosion of mobile devices in the home. Bulent Çelebi, Executive Chairman and AirTies Co-Founder, […]
According to a forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1 billion this year, up from $953 million in 2014. Next year will remain
Research has forecast that Wi-Fi networks will carry almost 60 per cent of smartphone and tablet data traffic by 2019, reaching over 115,000PB (Petabytes) by 2019, compared to under 30,000PB this year – representing almost a four-fold increase. The research from Juniper Research found
IHS has reported that unit shipments of WiFi extenders, which are used to improve the range of WiFi networks, will hit 9.6 billion worldwide in 2019, up from 5.3 million in 2014. “We look for shipments of WiFi extenders to grow worldwide