14 Million 'Smart' Wireless Sensor Network Households in 2012

    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Driven by emerging standards,
 increasing energy costs, and advances with Wireless Sensor Networking
 (WSN), the "smart home" is becoming a reality for the mass market,
 according to recent research from ON World. ON World's extensive
 investigation with over 100 home installers, vendors, and suppliers found
 that the wireless smart home market is accelerating. Indicators of this
 growth include hundreds of products currently shipping and established
 service providers such as AT&T and SK Telecom are starting to offer WSN
 based home monitoring services.
 
     "While proprietary WSN systems have been used by professional
 installers in luxury homes for over a decade, wireless protocols such as
 Z-Wave and ZigBee will make smart home solutions affordable for the average
 household," says Darryl Gurganious, senior research analyst for ON World.
 
     With a total potential market size of 6 billion cumulative WSN nodes
 worldwide, the residential sector is an essential target market for
 wireless sensing and control solutions. Some of the largest and fastest
 growing smart home markets include lighting, energy management, security,
 entertainment control, and home health. In 2012, the Wireless Sensor
 Network (WSN) smart home market will be worth $2.8 billion worldwide, up
 from $470 million in 2007.
 
     Wireless Protocols Collide
 
     The growth of the smart home market is largely attributed to the
 success of wireless mesh networking protocols such as ZigBee and Z-Wave and
 the industry alliances that were formed to promote each of these. ZigBee
 and Z-Wave are battling over control of the smart home. ZigBee based
 solutions are preferred by global manufacturers and professional
 installers. Z-Wave is increasingly being adopted by retail focused
 companies such as Actiontec, Intermatic, Jasco, Hawking, and Monster Cable.
 
     ON World's recent report, "WSN for Smart Homes," dissects the ZigBee/
 Z-Wave battle and provides evidence that clarifies the market hype and
 controversy over these protocols. In addition, the report provides in-depth
 chip level evaluation, global forecasts, primary research with installers,
 and an extensive competitive analysis on 70 companies in the WSN smart home
 value system. For more information, go to: http://onworld.com/smarthomes/
 
     About ON World:
 
     ON World Inc. is the leader in emerging wireless research. Our market
 intelligence and information services are sold to Fortune 1000 companies,
 service providers, venture capitalists, and startups worldwide. Website:
 http://www.onworld.com.
 
 

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SOURCE ON World Inc.