MoCA heating up home networking device market

BANGALORE, INDIA: The global home networking device market totaled $4.9 billion in the second half of 2012 (2H12), a five per cent increase over the first half of 2012 (1H12). Sales of set-top boxes with embedded MoCA technology grew 23 per cent in 2H12, while MoCA adapters, though still shipping in small amounts, soared 129 per cent, finds market research firm Infonetics Research.

Infonetics expects multimedia over coax (MoCA) STBs to account for 46 per cent of home networking device sales by 2017.

"MoCA (multimedia over coax) is again driving growth in the home networking device market, particularly shipments of video gateways in North America," notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst, broadband access and pay TV, Infonetics Research. "Deployments of cable and satellite STBs with integrated MoCA are slowly reaching a boil, and we expect DirecTV's Genie, Dish's Hopper, and Comcast's XG1 set tops to see increased shipments throughout 2013 and beyond."

Broadband router revenue grew six per cent in 2H12, thanks to shipments of higher-end WiFi routers in North America and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa). In the race for broadband router revenue market share, Actiontec saw the biggest jump, up 30 per cent from 1H12. North America is the home networking device revenue share leader, capturing 45 per cent of global 2H12 revenue.