Strategies for Digital Living Markets insight into Global Digital Markets
Dallas, TX -/November 10, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- The inaugural CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets, featuring 60+ corporate, media, and organization sponsors, will take place November 14-16, 2006, at the Adlon Kempinski in Berlin.
This executive conference, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, provides high-level analysis of the markets for advanced digital lifestyle solutions. Anchor sponsors for the event include Echelon, Siemens Communications, and Deutsche Telekom.
"CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe offers perspectives from leading executives and insight into consumer demand and industry developments, invaluable information for companies looking to succeed in these changing markets," said Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates.
Research firm Parks Associates is also hosting a workshop, Digital Living Markets: A Global Perspective, on November 14, prior to CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe. This workshop will provide industry and consumer research and expert forecasts for today's digital living markets. Recent Parks Associates research reveals the following:
The number of households worldwide with broadband will grow from 184 million in 2005 to near 400 million by the end of 2010.
The IPTV share of the global digital television market will grow from 6% of all households at the end of 2006 to nearly 20% by the end of 2010, with robust deployment in Asian and European markets in particular.
By the end of 2006, there will be 51 million broadband households in Western Europe. By 2010 that number will have increased to 80 million.
For more information on CONNECTIONS(TM)(TM) Europe and to register for the conference and pre-show workshop, visit
http://www.connectionseurope.com.
ABOUT CONNECTIONS(TM) Europe
CONNECTIONST Europe: Strategies for Digital Living Markets, produced by Parks Associates in partnership with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is an executive event that expands the scope and mission of the leading executive conference and showcase dedicated to advanced digital lifestyle solutions for residential and mobile environments.
The purpose of this new conference is to offer the European continent a single, focal event to present and learn about vital international trends, strategies, and key players in the development of digital living technologies pertinent to market acceleration.