G.hn, a next-generation wired home networking technology, will face stiff...
G.hn, a next-generation wired home networking technology, will face stiff competition from incumbents when it attempts to capture the wired networking market in the coming months, ABI Research said Tuesday. The technology, which is being put through a series of…
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trials, has several things in its favor -- capacity to support multiple wires, neighbor network mitigation and higher data rates than current technologies -- but hurdles remain, ABI said. The trial period for G.hn, “coupled with earlier entrances by competing technologies, however, has engendered significant advantages to the incumbent players -- particularly in North America and Europe where MoCA and HomePlug, respectively, have established a significant market presence among service providers,” said ABI analyst Michael Inouye in a news release. “Next generation MoCA 2.0 and HomePlug AV2 will also help mitigate G.hn’s purported speed advantage.” MoCA has captured the North American cable and satellite markets; HomePlug leads among European telcos, while Latin America has been a breeding ground for competition between MoCA and HomePNA alliance, ABI said. The Asia-Pacific market remains a high-growth opportunity, however, ABI said. “Asia-Pacific -- and China in particular -- is currently G.hn’s best market opportunity,” Sam Rosen, ABI’s TV and video practice director, said in a news release. “More broadly speaking, new market opportunities will come from hybrid networking and assuming the consumer space develops as planned a retail market for discrete and embedded solutions” (http://xrl.us/bn4tfc).