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Home Networking Revenue Will Top $20 Billion In 2009

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., August 1, 2005 – Home networking revenue derived from annual networking hardware shipments and from equipment that incorporates a home networking connection will jump from almost $9 billion in 2004 to $21.2 billion in 2009, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). A push for higher speeds, lower prices, and increasing network areas in the home is driving the market, the high-tech market research firm says. However, one highly touted use, the storage and transmission of multimedia files, may take years to really catch on.

“There is growing interest among US consumers to use home networks to connect their increasing library of digital entertainment audio and video files with their traditional entertainment equipment (i.e. stereo, TV), but for those not currently doing this, current demand is lukewarm,” says Joyce Putscher, In-Stat analyst. “As consumers become more comfortable and familiar with the idea of bridging their PCs with their traditional analog equipment, interest will definitely grow.”

A recent report by In-Stat found the following:

• WLAN has now usurped Ethernet as the desired home network of choice, and is controlled by 54 Mbps 802.11g.
• The overall installed base of home networks worldwide went from about 25 million in 2003 to 48 million in 2004, a jump of 11 million.
• Wireless LANs, routers, and network cameras continue to drop in price. Silicon price decreases are one reason for this continued downward push in prices.

The report, “Digital Domicile 2005: Wireless Overtakes Ethernet” (#IN0501961RC), contains analysis using consumer survey data, vendor profiles, and detailed forecasting. It examines key worldwide market shares for SOHO routers, residential gateways, networked cameras, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.a/g, HomePlug, and HomePNA equipment. Forecasts are broken down by product segment (NICs/LOM, Routers/Switches, Residential Gateways & Media Network Devices), as well as by type of LAN interface. The worldwide installed base of home networks forecast is provided by region and by interface category.

For more information on this report, please visit:

http://www.in-stat.com/catalog/ncatalogue.asp?id=99 or contact Courtney McEuen at 480-483-4454 or cmceuen@reedbusiness.com. The report price is $3,495 (US).

About In-Stat

In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) is the leading provider of actionable research, assessments and market forecasts of semiconductors and advanced communications equipment and services. Our forecasts, analysis, and insights are derived from both a deep technology understanding and a unique research methodology, which examines each segment of the value chain for each market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals and market specialists, worldwide, rely on In-Stat's tenured, experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical technology, product and success decisions.

In-Stat is a strategic segment of the $8 billion Reed Elsevier global information network, with access to an expansive worldwide electronic network, extensive technology databases and well-informed personnel. In-Stat analysts gain exceptional insight into geographic market places and specific technologies within markets such as electronics, cable and wireless. As a member of Reed Business Information, In-Stat is a division of the largest business-to-business publisher in the U.S.

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