[Frost & Sullivan: High-Speed Modem report]
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Frost & Sullivan: High-Speed Modem Access Induces Unparalleled Market Growth
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Modems used to be considered somewhat of a specialty device, owned only by avid computer users or those with some specific communication purposes. The Internet has changed all of that.
The U.S. modem market has been forecasted to total $3.06 billion for 1996. Revenues are expected to increase to $5.29 billion in 2003, according to strategic research from Frost & Sullivan, "U.S. Desktop and Portable Modem Markets."
The Internet has made an unparalleled amount of information available to both the casual and business user. Cables and Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modems promise to give multi-megabit per seconds access to users in the future.
"The slow decline, over the next several years, in the traditional analog dial-up modem market is a direct result of the acceptance of the new high speed cable and ADSL modem technologies," said Frost & Sullivan analyst Brian Phillips.
In order to catch users' attention and draw them to their Web sites, site designers have incorporated more extensive graphics and animation in their Web pages. This can make the process of accessing a home page to find specific information tedious, when several hundred kilobits of graphics must be downloaded along with it. This has caused a shift in the kinds of modem hardware used for Internet access. What could previously be accomplished efficiently through dial-up analog modem is now a tedious process. This has driven the demand for higher speed access capabilities, starting with ISDN. However, as users have had problems with ISDN installation and availability, and as some have concluded that the 128 kbps offered through the digital services is not enough, other high speed technologies have advanced to the forefront.
Due to the increasing reliance on the worldwide Internet network, corporate environments have become dependent upon their own local and wide area networks for information dissemination. The sharing of data across an organization has become critical to survival in the competitive business environment.
As new technologies emerge, some of the legacy modem segments are expected to decline, such as the desktop dial-up modem, in order to make way for the new models. However, dial-up modems are expected to account for the majority of modem market revenues throughout the forecast period, due to their universal availability and proven reliability.
"High speed technologies will impact the market in a significant way, but will not take over," said Phillips. "There will be room for dial-up, ISDN, and high speed access to coexist in the 21st century modem market. Those companies that stay on top of the market and technology developments and are able to determine which market niche is best suited for them will be the most successful."
Companies participating in this market include: 3Com Inc., ActionTec Electronics Inc., Adtran Inc., Advanced Computer Communications Inc., Alcatel Telecom, Alpha Telecom Inc., Amati Communications Corp., Amquest Corp., Angia Communications Inc., Apex Data, Archtek America Corp., Ascend Communications., Aspen Technologies Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AVM of America Inc., Aware Inc., Best Data Products Inc., Black Box Corp., Boca Research Inc., Cabletron, Cardinal Technologies Inc., Centennial Technologies Inc., Chase Research Inc., Com2l Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Connectware Inc., Creative Labs Inc., CXR Telecom Corp., Data Comm for Business Inc., DATA RACE Inc., Dayna Communications Inc., Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., Digi International Inc., Digicom Systems Inc., D-Link Systems Inc., E-Tech Research Inc., Eicon Technology Corp., Eiger Labs Inc., Elsa Inc., Epson America Inc., Everex Systems Inc., EXP Computer Inc., Farallon Computing Inc., Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc., Gandalf Systems Corp., General DataComm Industries Inc., General Instrument Corp., Global Village Communication Inc., Hadax Electronics Inc., Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Hybrid Networks Inc., IBM, IBM (Wireless Division), Inet Inc., ISDN*tek Inc., ITX Telecommunications Corp., Kingston Technology Corp., LANCity Inc., Logicode Technology Inc., MaxTech Inc., Microcom Inc., Motorola Inc. (Information Systems Group), Motorola Inc. (Multimedia Group), Motorola Inc. (Wireless Data Group), Multi-Tech Systems Inc., New Media Corp., Newbridge Networks Inc., NovaLink Technologies Inc., Olicom USA Inc., Ositech Communications Inc., Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. (PCSI), Pairgain Technologies Inc., Paradyne Corp., Penril Datacomm Networks Inc., Phasecom Inc., Philips Technologies, Piiceon Inc., Pure Data Ltd., Racal-Datacom Inc., RNS Inc., Sagem Inc., SCii Telecom, Shark Multimedia, Sierra Wireless Inc., Simple Technology Inc., South Hills Datacomm, Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., TDK Systems Development Center, Telebit Corp., Teleprocessing Products Inc., Teles Corp., Terayon Corp., Tytec Enterprises Inc., U.S. Robotics Corp., U.S. Robotics, Mobile Communications Corp., West End Systems Corp., Westell Technologies Inc., Xircom Inc., Zenith Data Systems Inc., Zoltrix Inc., Zoom Telephonics Inc., Zypcom Inc., and ZyXEL USA.
Frost & Sullivan is an international marketing consulting company that monitors the information technology industry for market trends, market measurements, and strategies. This ongoing research is utilized to update a series of research publications such as #5335-71 World Portable Computer Pen Computer, Palmtops, Peripherals Market and to support industry participants with customized consulting needs.
Report: 5430-72, Publication Date: January 1997, Price: $2495 SOURCE Frost & Sullivan |
