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Accenture 'Digital Home' Study Reveals Significant Barriers Limiting Consumer Adoption of Converged Solutions.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 11-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
NEW YORK -- Cost and complexity of solutions continue to hold back the development and adoption of converged digital home solutions, according to a survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

As part of the survey, 2,600 consumers in five countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan - were asked about their preferences for the converged digital home - a home with computing, communication and entertainment capabilities linked into a single, integrated system.

The survey findings indicate that more than three-quarters (80 percent) of consumers cite cost as the number one barrier to purchasing a digital home solution. Additionally, more than two-thirds (70 percent) of consumers would prefer a single provider or aggregator for the content, services and digital devices that comprise what they envision as the digital home of tomorrow....

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