02/05/02
1. Wave of Broadband Market Studies Released
2. Com21 Developing DOCSIS CMTS
3. GCI Introduces Services in Kenai/Soldotna, Alaska
4. Terayon Reports 2.5 Million Modems Shipped
5. Shaw Reports 676,866 Subs + Scheduled Installs
6. Lead IP Introduces Sub Mgmt & Provisioning Solution
7. WideOpenWest to Deploy Alopa's Provisioning
8. Omne to Deploy JacobsRimell's Provisioning
1. Wave of Broadband Market Studies Released
A wave of broadband market studies have recently been released including
studies by Strategis, Dell'Oro, GartnerG2, and The Yankee Group.
The Strategis Group has released "Residential Broadband: Cable Modems, DSL,
& Fixed Wireless," a study offering an analysis of user attitudes and an
overview of carrier activity and trends. Forecasts for each technology are
included. The firm finds that the combined residential broadband market
will exceed 38 million households by 2006.
Dell'Oro has released a report on the access market, tracking DSL, cable
modems, and dial-up modems. The "Access -Year Forecast Report" includes an
industry overview as well as revenue, unit, and price forecasts. The firm
finds the market for access equipment to grow from $7.8 billion in 2001 to
$11.1 billion in 2006.
GartnerG2 has released "Broadband: The Revolution is on Hold Europe Just
Now," a study providing analysis of the development of broadband across
Europe. The firm finds a significant number of Internet users in France,
Germany and the UK to be unwilling to pay premium prices for broadband, and
without new compelling content or reduced pricing, the penetration rate of
broadband services in these areas is projected to be no more than 10% by
2005. GartnerG2 suggests that providers must reduce prices from a current
average of 45-60 Euros per month to less than 30 Euros per month.
European Net Access Stats - provided by GartnerG2:
Year-End 2001
France Germany U.K. U.S.
All Households 24.8m 37.7m 27.7m 105.0m
Internet Households 4.5m 10.3m 8.8m 63.0m
Broadband HH 0.5m 1.0m 0.2m 13.8m
Internet Penetration 18% 27% 34% 60%
Broadband Penetration 2% 3% 1% 13%
Broadband Penetration
of Internet HH 8% 9% 2% 22%
GartnerG2 finds the Netherlands to be the most broadband friendly nation in
Europe. A third of the households are expected to adopt broadband by 2005.
Greece is expected to have the worst broadband penetration.
The Yankee Group has released "Asia-Pacific Broadband Access: Forecast and
Outlook," a study of broadband access development in Australia, China, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The firm finds that ADSL has led the broadband market in Asia with a 49%
share in 2000. It projects 27 million ADSL subs in Asia by 2004. The
Yankee Group also projects Korea to have 13.2 million broadband subs by
2004, with Japan serving 12.0 million subs, and Taiwan serving 3.4 million
subs over the same period.
At Broadband Outlook 2002, the Consumer Electronics Association stated that
the penetration rate of broadband services in the U.S. was 10%, among the
68% of homes passed by services. The firm projects the take rate to reach
20% by the end of this year.
PC World magazine, within its February issue, projects 43 million broadband
subscribers by 2005.
Strategis Group
http://www.strategisgroup.com
Dell'Oro
http://www.delloro.com
GartnerG2
http://www.gartnerG2.com
Yankee Group
http://www.yankeegroup.com
Consumer Electronics Association
http://www.ce.org
PC World
http://www.pcworld.com
2. Com21 Developing DOCSIS CMTS
Com21 has said that it is developing the DoxController XB system, a
DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS CMTS accompanied by a network management and provisioning
system [NMAPS]. The headend solution features TDMA support, symemetrical
data rate support, and user-configurable upstream channel bandwidth
allocation and load balancing. The management system features remote
provisioning, configuring, and monitoring of the headend. The full featured
version of NMAPS provides management interfaces for QoS and VLAN settings
as well as subscriber provisioning, monitoring, fault analysis, and
performance management tools.
DoxController will be entering trials in the spring. Commercial
availablility is scheduled for Q'3.
In other company news, Com21 has announced that the Canadian Cable Systems
Alliance has entered a one-year agreement with the vendor for the supply of
Doxport 1110 and 5020 modems for deployment among the association's 87
member companies.
Com21
http://www.com21.com
Canadian Cable Systems Alliance
http://www.ccsa.cable.ca
3. GCI Introduces Services in Kenai/Soldotna, Alaska
GCI, a cable operator serving Alaska, has introduced cable modem services
in Kenai/Soldotna. The provider serves more than 26,500 subs in Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Juneau, Nome, Seward, Sitka, and Valdez.
GCI
http://www.gci.com
4. Terayon Reports 2.5 Million Modems Shipped
Terayon has reported shipping more than 2.5 million cable modems, including
1.1 million shipped in 2001. The company has shipped more than 6,500
headends, with 1,800 shipped last year.
In a separate announcement, Terayon has said that CableLabs has completed
its DOCSIS 2.0 spec and is finalizing test plans for Q'1 interoperability
testing and possible Q'3 certification testing. The company's SCDMA
technology will be part of the 2.0 advanced PHY. Terayon plans to develop
2.0 cable modems as well as supply 2.0 chips through its newly created
subsidiary, Imedia Semiconductor.
Terayon
http://www.terayon.com
5. Shaw Reports 676,866 Subs + Scheduled Installs
Shaw has reported ending November with 676,866 cable modem subs plus
planned installs among 2,836,030 homes passed by the service.
Shaw Communications
http://www.shaw.ca
6. Lead IP Introduces Sub Mgmt & Provisioning Solution
Lead IP Systems has introduced LEADsystem, a subscriber management and
provisioning system that does not require signaling, switching, gateways
and hosting servers in the network center. The technology consists of
intelligent embedded residential servers that enable peer-to-peer
communications, integrated enabled technologies and home control. The
platform performs naming and address resolution services.
The company has said that Kabelfoon BV, a Dutch cable operator, has
completed tests of LEADsystems and plans a wider-scale commercial
deployment of the technology in the next few weeks.
Lead IP Systems
http://www.leadip.com
7. WideOpenWest to Deploy Alopa's Provisioning
Alopa Networks has announced that WideOpenWest will deploy its subscriber
management and provisioning system, MetaServ. The provider will use the
technology to qualify, provision, activate, and mediate services across its
network.
WideOpenWest
http://www.wideopenwest.com
Alopa Networks
http://www.alopa.com
8. Omne to Deploy JacobsRimell's Provisioning
JacobsRimell has said that Omne Communications Limited (formerly Eon) has
deployed its subscriber management and provisioning system for
EuroDOCSIS-based cable modem services. The provider passes 325,000 homes
over a network that reaches from northwest England to the southwest of
Scotland.
JacobsRimell
http://www.jacobsrimell.com
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