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To: William Peavey who wrote (396)	11/18/1999 3:25:00 PM
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Is this about ELON Technology or is it different ? Internet Everywhere in the Home Will Cause Residential Gateway Market to Exhibit Explosive Growth, Says ABI OYSTER BAY, N.Y., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Bringing Internet connectivity throughout the household will allow the emerging market for Residential Gateway (RG) hardware to reach $4.7 billion worldwide by 2005, according to a new report from Allied Business Intelligence. The rollout of broadband and home networking solutions will converge to produce this significant new category of products, according to findings in the soon-to-be-released study ``Residential Gateways: Enabling Services Into The Home.' The RG is an intelligent hardware device connecting home devices and appliances to the Internet. The RG may also incorporate the network access interface. In many cases such devices will be primarily marketed as access devices with integrated home networking functionality. These all-in-one boxes will allow service providers, the initial target market, to deliver multiple services by deploying a single box on the customer premises. ``The rollout of broadband access devices will allow service providers to deliver integrated services such as data, video and voice to the home,' said report author and ABI Senior Analyst Navin Sabharwal. By 2005 there will be over 23 million residential broadband subscribers in North America. North America is expected to be the leading market for RG deployment because of higher multiple PC penetration into the home and greater penetration of non-PC Internet appliances. This market will account for a 59 percent annual increase in units shipped from 2002 to 2005. The distribution of services within home can enable service providers to increase revenues per subscriber. A number of broadband OEM companies are partnering with home networking technology ingredient vendors to provide an integrated broadband delivery RG and some have founded the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) to specify standards for delivery of services for the gateways. In other regions, utility-centric service gateways will be deployed aggressively. Europe, for example, will realize a 64 percent increase annually in these shipments from 2002 to 2005. In these markets, RGs will be driven by deregulated utilities seeking to provision automated meter reading (AMR), security monitoring, and remote appliance management. The report forecasts the markets for RG hardware based on the delivery platform, including DSL and CATV technology. It includes global market breakdowns by geographic region, with revenues and shipments forecasted through 2005. Allied Business Intelligence, Inc. is an Oyster Bay, NY-based technology research think-tank publishing strategic research on the broadband, wireless, electronics, automation, energy and transportation industries. Details of these studies can be found at alliedworld.com or by calling 516-624-3113. SOURCE: Allied Business Intelligence