Power Over Ethernet Solutions - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics

Combining Data & Power, a Smart Solution for Smart Networks. PoE to Reach $1.1Billion by 2025

The global market for Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Solutions is forecast to reach US$1.1Billion by 2025, trailing a 10.8% CAGR which is driven by the rising value of investments in Ethernet network infrastructure and the ensuing focus on powering networks in a reliable and energy efficient manner. The environmental pressure to reduce carbon footprint and the financial pressure to reduce operational costs are forcing companies to focus on reducing electricity usage in communication and data networks. This is especially so against the backdrop of rising power consumption of network enabled devices and the focus on reducing idle power consumption and optimizing energy savings and cost. The quest for green alternatives is expected to translate into direct benefits for the PoE market. Also, the ever-present need for reliable networks with high bandwidth, low latency, and fast data transfer is helping position PoE as an ideal enabling technology for reliable powered links and network connections. Also spurring growth in the market are growing investments in Ethernet infrastructure; technology feasibility of delivering high power over 4-Pairs enabled by the 802.3bt standard and the resulting expansion of end-use applications to diverse industries; growing interest in outdoor PoE deployments and the resulting popularity of Fiber PoE; expanding IoT ecosystem and the rise of PoE as the technology most suited for powering the billion-plus IoT connected devices.

Smart lighting feature, which is an integral part of smart buildings, is also expected to fuel demand for PoE solutions. Currently, lighting accounts for as much as 40% of total electricity use in buildings. This consequently raises the need to develop smart spaces with minimal electricity usage, whereby there is increased focus on smart LED lighting solutions. The growing integrated of smart lighting systems and the need to regulate the same are expected to fuel need for using PoE solutions. By using PoE solution, the need for a separate power device for supplying power to IP-enabled lighting systems is eliminated, thus favoring its use in smart lighting networks. In addition PoE solutions play a vital role in enhancing energy efficiency as well as productivity at commercial places. Several companies are offering lighting systems that use PoE solutions for power-connected smart buildings. Using PoE-based smart lighting systems, the lighting systems of a facility can be remotely management and room temperatures can be adjusted based on occupancy levels.

The global COVID-19 pandemic is having a considerable impact on world economy and all industries. The imposition of travel bans, quarantines and lockdowns in several key economies are leading to slowdown in supply chain, creating uncertainty in the stock market, and affecting business confidence levels, besides causing panic among the world's population. For the networking market, the crisis has led to a significant increase in data traffic, with peak hours extending to all through the day due to increase in tele workers and greater use of high resolution video streaming services. The need to ensure business continuity is leading to greater use of online resources, whereby demand for communication and network infrastructure remains relatively unchanged. In the real estate industry, smart building technologies are being explored for their potential role in containing or dealing with such pandemics. For instance building management systems are looking to regulate indoor humidity levels so as to reduce survival rates of viruses while LED disinfection LED technology is also being utilized. Occupant monitoring is another technology with possible role in smart buildings space. Asia-Pacific including China is forecast to emerge as the fastest growing market in the post pandemic period led by factors such as growing deployment of PoE based VoIP deployments in the enterprise sector, rising ICT investments in the industrial and manufacturing sector and the ensuing rise of industrial-based networking systems; increased investments in plant automation and strong adoption of Industry 4.0 and IIoT technologies; and robust infrastructure investments in smart technologies in the energy and oil and gas end-use sectors.

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• Belden Incorporated
• Broadcom Inc.
• Cisco Systems, Inc.
• CommScope Holding Company Inc.
• Dell Technologies Inc.
• MICROSENS GMBH & CO. KG
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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• Maxim Integrated Products Inc.
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• Monolithic Power Systems Inc.
• NETGEAR Inc.
• ON Semiconductor Corp.
• Silicon Laboratories Inc.
• STMicroelectronics N.V.
• Texas Instruments Inc.