How WiMAX Will Impact the Fixed Wireless Market

WiMAX and its precursors are being used for fixed Broadband Wireless networks today. The IEEE

802.16-2004 version of WiMAX is being adopted by carriers in developing countries as their primary

means for providing broadband services, by competitive carriers globally to penetrate new markets, and

by large incumbent carriers to extend their broadband networks into rural areas; This report identifies

about 75 Broadband Wireless deployments globally including many in developing countries in Asia,

Africa, and Latin America as well as competitive carriers and incumbent carriers in Europe and North

America.

This report discusses the technical and regulatory factors that are leading to the deployment of WiMAX

fixed services. It discusses the strategies of fourteen service providers offering Broadband Wireless data

services and 17 systems and component companies that are addressing this market. This report

discusses how these companies expect that WiMAX will be used to address the broadband data market.

This report presents the business case for WiMAX in Broadband Wireless networks. It compares the

business case for WiMAX to DSL and shows how WiMAX will be competitive with fixed broadband

technologies. Two business cases are shown. One is for the business applications that are being deployed

today. The second is for the consumer applications that will be widely deployed as low cost mass market

customer equipment becomes available.