News | February 11, 2009

Early Growth In Mobile WiMAX Market Not Enough To Satisfy WiMAX Equipment Vendors

Broadband communications have become a crucial communications tool, so demand for mobile WiMAX technology remains strong, reports In-Stat (http://email.in-stat.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBPBk0Ro2ri0K560DHgc0EG). Unfortunately for many vendors, success in WiMAX infrastructure markets will not be reflected in their overall earnings, the high-tech market research firm says. WiMAX revenues are still dwarfed by sales of traditional cellular infrastructure.

"While the market for 802.16e will continue to grow, it does not mean happy days are here for every vendor," says Daryl Schoolar, In-Stat analyst. "In-Stat expects to see more infrastructure vendors pull back or leave the WiMAX market entirely. This is especially true for vendors that have been slow moving from 802.16d to the 802.16e standard."

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

  • WiMAX base station revenues grew by 137.9% in 2008.
  • Global WiMAX subscriptions will be over 85 million by the end of 2013.
  • Deployments of 802.16e are contributing to the decline of sales in the fixed WiMAX standard, 802.16d.

The research, "Mobile WiMAX Global Review of Infrastructure and Services" (#IN0904014WBB), covers the worldwide market for mobile WiMAX. It provides:

  • Deployment data by region, spectrum, and infrastructure vendor.
  • Five year regional forecast of WiMAX service subscriptions. The regions covered are Asia/Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, Middle East/Africa, and Caribbean/Latin America.
  • Separate subscription forecasts for United States, South Korea, Japan, and India.
  • Service revenue forecasts.
  • Five-year infrastructure forecast for base station sectors and total base stations.
  • Shipments segmented between micro/pico base stations and macro base stations.
  • Revenue forecasts for base station shipments.
  • Analysis of key market events from 2008.
  • Analysis of what selected vendors are doing in the market.
  • Vendors discussed in the report include Alcatel-Lucent, Airspan, Alvarion, Cisco, Motorola, Samsung, and Huawei.

For more information visit: http://email.in-stat.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBPBk0Ro2ri0K560EtDt0Eh

This research is part of In-Stat's Wireless Broadband Evolution service. Broadband wireless data connectivity provides the key enabler for new mobility applications and services, which can offer enormous value to mobile consumer and business users. Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G/ 4G and other wireless technologies compete and complement each other to provide the connectivity for these services.

The Wireless Broadband Evolution service provides actionable intelligence regarding the role that each technology may play in the growing wireless broadband market. Covering market and technology developments, operator deployments and end-user adoption, this service includes primary research from the entire value chain including technology developers, equipment manufacturers, service providers and business and consumer end-users.

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SOURCE: In-Stat