Research Article Sees WiMAX Gaining

Feb. 7, 2008

Broadband wireless technology WiMAX is gaining momentum, according to a well-written article by the president and founder of research specialist Maravedis. The article, "WiMAX Forecasts: Supply and Demand Meet 4G Convergence," notes that the market for WiMAX fixed deployments market remains diverse and includes competing technologies such as DOCSIS, TD-CDMA, and proprietary equipment such as Canopy from Motorola. It cites such numbers as close to 350 million broadband subscribers worldwide at the end of 2007, up from 130 million at the end of 2004.

In 2007, WiMAX made some important strides forward, including the fact that the ITU recommendation that WiMAX be added as an official 3G protocol has led to spectrum auction winners in New Zealand and The Netherlands pledging to roll out WiMAX networks in bands previously reserved for 3G mobile telephones. More than 100 mobile WiMAX devices were either announced or made available by the end of 2007. And the fixed/portable broadband wireless access equipment market (sub-11 GHz) grew from $562 million in 2005 to $1.2 billion (USD) in 2007.

Maravedis (www.maravedis-bwa.com)

About the Author

Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.