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Wi-Fi will remain the dominant mode of connectivity in the home environment, but the current device-centric networks have much to improve on. Our white paper explains how this can be achieved.

Your customers want to freely roam their home. Cut their Wi-Fi boundaries. The highest court in Germany has ruled that Internet access is a basic human right. While access to the Internet is important, people are expecting a lot more than that. They want broadband access which means they want to be connected everywhere. This standard is expected by most people, especially business people and the growing younger populations who view this as a 'natural resource’.

Learn about PLC technology and its advantages compared to other data transmission options and demonstrate the enormous future potential PLC technology offers as a backbone.

Main challenge for operators is to provide enough bandwidth in full coverage (100% of the home) to transport UHD content from the home gateway to any place within the home where the final customer wants to access those services.

The successful distribution of the internet signal, often via Wi-Fi, is influenced by certain characteristics of the home: Is it a detached house or an apartment in a multi-story building? Which materials are the walls made of? Where is the signal entry point into the home, and how is the router positioned? And maybe most importantly: Which method and which devices are used to distribute the internet signal within the home?

To meet the expectations of customers, carriers need a solution that addresses their demands. Ideally, this solution offers two things: First, the freedom to move around freely in your home while seamlessly roaming using the services delivered by high-speed access. Secondly, a straightforward way to let the customer manage his home network in the easiest and most convenient way possible.

It’s no secret: Looking at the average number of devices within households worldwide, there will be a major increase during the next years. According to a study1, the share of smartphones in Internet traffic will more than double by 2021 compared with 2017.