According to Infonetics Research, growth in FTTH and DOCSIS 3.0 customer premises equipment (CPE) drove the global broadband CPE market to $10.5 billion in 2014, a 9 percent increase from the prior year. Both segments recorded revenue growth of 18% and 3% respectively.
- Infonetics forecasts that by 2019, DSL will make up a smaller share of broadband CPE revenue as telcos add more FTTH services. However, in the longer run, many Operators are expected to forgo FTTH altogether, said Infonetics, with increased adoption of 4G LTE wireless broadband service for home Internet connectivity. Infonetics' fourth quarter 2014 (4Q14) and year-end PON, FTTH, Cable, DSL, and Wireless Broadband CPE report tracks DSL, cable, FTTH, and fixed LTE CPE; mobile broadband routers; residential gateways; and broadband subscribers.
Jeff Heynen, Research Director, Broadband Access & Pay TV, Infonetics Research
The race to deliver Gigabit services is on, particularly in North America and Western Europe, mature broadband markets where subscriber growth is steady yet competitive pressure remains high. Service providers are making significant investments in new technologies that provide a marketing advantage in terms of speeds offered over competitors. The net result is continued growth in DOCSIS 3.0 and upcoming 3.1 devices for cable operators, and FTTH, VDSL and upcoming G.fast CPE for telcos.
