Shipments of Intenet appliances to take off by 2004, firm says
Apr 24, 2000 --- Shipments of Internet appliances will increase 15 fold by 2004, according to Cahners In-Stat Group, heating up the market for both equipment manufacturers and semiconductor suppliers.
In a market comprised of TV-based Internet appliances, Web phones and Internet terminals, the Scottsdale, Ariz., research firm predicts in a recent report that Web phones will lead the overall growth with an estimated five-year Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 202 percent.
While the more established TV-based Internet appliances will experience a strong upswing, In-Stat predicts that as alternative Internet appliances emerge, the TV-based market will erode. Internet terminal shipments will beat TV-bases appliances in a few years, the firm believes, after already surpassing Web phone shipments by the end of this year.
In the report, ?Line-Powered Internet Appliances: The New Frontier for Boxes & ICs,? In-Stat also predicts sales of line-powered appliances will swell to more than 37 million units by 2004, up from more than two million in 1999. The increase in shipments will drive sales of $1.9 billion in microprocessor and memory devices, according to the company?s forecast, and AOLTV boxes will take off in the next five years, threatening the Web TV market.
The report can be purchased through Courtney McEuen at 480.609.4533 or at cmceuen@instat.com. It sells for $2,999.
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