MoCA Drives Home Networking Growth

According to Infonetics Research, MoCA is expected to become the de facto wired technology for video distribution in the home, largely driven by multiscreen video. The research house says MoCA home networking devices are growing at a faster rate than others.Infonetics forecasts a cumulative $46 billion to be spent on consumer home networking devices over the 5 years from 2012 to 2016. Consumer residential gateways sales grew 12% in the first half of 2012 (1H12) over the second half of 2011 (2H11). Sales of MoCA set-top boxes rose 33% in 1H12 over 2H11.