Cable Operators to Spend $80 billion Worldwide through 2012 to Expand Network BandwidthÂ
The accelerating adoption of high-definition television, multiplayer
gaming, and other data-intensive services is leading to a "bandwidth
crunch" that will require cable operators to upgrade the capacity of
their digital networks.
According to
a new study
from ABI Research, the total revenue from this market is expected to
exceed $24 billion in 2012 and will amount to $80 billion in total
investment from 2007 through 2012.
"Assessing
CATV Bandwidth-Expansion Solutions" report from ABI Research examines a number of these
technologies, including rate shaping, expansion of CATV spectrum, node
splitting, switched digital video, PON overlay, home-gateway bandwidth
management, and MPEG-4 deployment, and provides potential and actual
market assessments and cost-benefit analysis for each.
