MoCA Drives Home Networking Market

According to Infonetics Research, MoCA is driving growth in the home networking device market, particularly shipments of video gateways in North America. Sales of set-top boxes with embedded MoCA technology grew 23% in the second half of 2012, while MoCA adapters, though still shipping in small numbers, soared 129%. Infonetics expects MoCA STBs to account for 46% of home networking device sales by 2017.In other findings:

• The global home networking device market totaled $4.9 billion in the 2H12, a 5% increase over the first half of 2012 (1H12).



• Broadband router revenue grew 6% in 2H12, thanks to shipments of higher-end 802.11sc and 802.11n WiFi routers in North America and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa).



• North America is the home networking device revenue share leader, capturing 45% of global 2H12 revenue.