The recession contribut-I ed to 2008 having the slowest total global broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) market growth this decade of 2.4 percent (to 154M units), according to market research firm, In-Stat. 2009 will be even slower. However, cable gateways, wireless andrnVoIP routers, and wireless and VoIP DSL CPE units continued to grow in at least double digits. In addition, several segments of the broadband CPE market, including cable gateways, Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) gateways and Fixed Wireless Broadband (FWB) CPE are expected to grow considerably faster than the overall market over five years.
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