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Several industries are interested in residential connectivity markets, a highly-simplified breakdown of them includes:
- Energy/Utilities/Powerline Networking Manufacturers
- Telecommunication Service Providers/The Telephone Company/Telephony Line Networking Manufacturers
- The Cable Service, Modem, Set-Top Box, Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturers & Satellite Companies
- Wireless and Infrared Networking Manufacturers
- Entertainment Online, Television Broadcasting and Digital Content Providers
- PC, Consumer Electronics, Audio/Visual and Software
- Home and Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) Builders, Custom Installers, Retailers
- Silicon/Microchip Manufacturers
- Financial Analysts/Research Groups/Venture Capitalists/IPO Underwriters
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RESIDENTIAL TECHNOLOGY A Monthly Column with Lorenzo D. Domínguez Residential Connectivity and Convergence:
The Office Comes Home or How Home Networking Stocks
Will Make You Richer in the Year 2000
FINANCIAL ANALYSTS/RESEARCH GROUPS/VENTURE CAPITALISTS/CONFERENCE COMPANIES
Quite simply put, home networking technologies and services are the next area of hot technology stocks, which is why the financial community and major research organizations are very interested.
- Cahners In-Stat Group
- DataQuest (Gartner Group)
- Digital Hollywood
September 13-14, 1999, IIR's North American Summit Power Line Telecommunications, Scotsdale, AZ. They have planned a golf outing and the agenda places a particular emphasis on home networking. IIR's event was organized in conjunction with the International Power Line Forum, which according to Craig McCallister, the director of the home networking division Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and a HomeNET moderator, is an energy lobbyist group. EPRI on the other hand is the premier energy industry association with 700 company members worldwide. I am confident that I can convince Craig to conduct a half-day workshop on Power Line Home Networking.
- International Communications for Management (ICM) (HomeNET conferences)
Oct 25-27, 1999, Parks Associates' Forum 99: Defining the Digital Millennium, the 12th annual conference on emerging technologies and services. (co-located with EIA Fall Conference and CEMA Management Forum), The Westin Mission Hills, Palm Springs, California. (http://www.parksassociates.com/forum99/forum99.html)
CONNECTIONS ’99: Enabling the Networked Home, was held May 12-14 in Vancouver, B.C. The conference attracted approximately 300 representatives from a variety of industries, including energy services, computer hardware and software development and manufacturing, telecommunications, wiring, home security, and cable. Although their event has passed, they are planning their fourth annual and have expressed some disgruntlement with us. In other words, they have an axe to grind.
October 19-20, 1999, Yankee Group's The 2nd Networked Home Symposium, The Marriott Hotel, Santa Clara. Their January 1999 event garnered a reported 300 delegates. And being perhaps the premier analyst group in IT and telecommunications, they will be prepared to take part of our market.
Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firms, IPO Underwriters and Other Tech Investors
