Broadband CPE and home networking vendors make push toward premium services; ZTE surges

摘要

Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share standings and market forecasts from two third quarter (3Q11) broadband access reports, Broadband CPE and Subscribers: PON, FTTH, Cable, and DSL and Home Networking Devices, excerpts from which follow. "As we mentioned earlier, we expect the global wireline broadband CPE market to peak in 2011 due to a surge of infrastructure investments this year by service providers, especially in emerging markets," noted Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and video at Infonetics Research. "With a bulk of the groundwork laid, service providers will shift their focus to turning up services in subscribers' homes.