1.1: Why are Operators Interested in Broadband Internet?
1.2: Wireless Broadband Choices are Multiplying
• What is WiMAX?
• WiMAX — A Work in Progress
• WiMAX Deployment: Three Phases
1.3: WiMAX Promises and Shortcomings
• What Does WiMAX Promise?
• Could WiMAX be Too Good to be True?
1.4: The CPE Dilemma
1.5: WiMAX Niche Opportunities
• Meshing Wi-Fi and WiMAX
• WiMAX and Satellite
Section 2: Surveying the Market: Executives Tell All
2.1: Scope and Methodology
2.2: Operator Perspectives
• Operators Feel Quite Familiar With WiMAX and Expect It to
be Successful
• Operators are Considering a WiMAX Investment
• Different Approaches to Spectrum Use
• WiMAX vs. Proprietary Broadband
• Pricing is Unclear
• Vendor Positioning: What Do Operators Expect From Vendors?
2.3: Industry View: Important Factors to Determine the Future
of WiMAX
2.4: Industry View: Market Segmentation
• Geographical-Addressable Market
• Customer Profile
2.5: Industry View: Key Applications for WiMAX — Fixed
• Wireless Broadband, Backhaul and Mobility
• WiMAX Will First and Foremost be a Fixed Solution
• Backhaul — An Obvious Winner
• WiMAX Mobility
• Cellular vs. WiMAX
• Is WiMAX a Threat to 3G?
• WiMAX and Voice
2.6: Industry View: Will WiMAX Substitute or Complement?
Section 3: The WiMAX Opportunity
3.1: WiMAX — Fixed Wireless Broadband
• Scenario 1: Conservative Approach
• Scenario 2: More Optimistic View on Residential Market
Adoption
3.2: Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G: Friends or Foe?
• Prospects for 802.16e
3.3: Wi-Fi and WiMAX
• WiMAX as an Enabler of Wi-Fi Growth
• Global WLAN Public Hot Spot Forecasts
• Global WLAN User Forecasts
• Wi-Fi and WiMAX — Competitors
3.4: 802.16e vs. 802.20
Appendix
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: Global Voice Revenues, 2001-2009
Exhibit 2: Global Narrowband and Broadband Line Expansion,
2004-2009
Exhibit 3: Overview of Different Wireless Broadband
Technologies
Exhibit 4: Timeline of WiMAX Standardization
Exhibit 5: The Spectrum of Broadband Wireless Models
Exhibit 6: Spectrum Allocation for WiMAX
Exhibit 7: Overlapping Networks: 802.11x and 802.16a/e
Exhibit 8: Wi-Fi Mesh Networks Provide Redundancy
Exhibit 9: Breakdown of Online Survey Respondents
Exhibit 10: Breakdown of Operator Interviewees
Exhibit 11: Titles of Operator Interviewees
Exhibit 12: Functions of Operator Interviewees
Exhibit 13: Locations of Operator Interviewees
Exhibit 14: Operator Interviewees’ Company Size in Revenues
Exhibit 15: Operator Interviewees’ Company Size in
Employees
Exhibit 16: “How familiar are you with WiMAX?”
Exhibit 17: “Do you think WiMAX will be successful?”
Exhibit 18: “Has your business considered investing in
WiMAX?”
Exhibit 19: “How much does your company plan to invest in
WiMAX equipment over the next several years?”
Exhibit 20: “How long do you think it will take your
company to break even on a WiMAX investment?”
Exhibit 21: “What factors will drive uptake by operators?”
Exhibit 22: “At what frequencies would you consider
deploying WiMAX?”
Exhibit 23: “Will WiMAX replace proprietary broadband fixed
wireless technology?”
Exhibit 24: “Which would you buy, WiMAX or proprietary?”
Exhibit 25: “Which vendors currently supply WiMAX
equipment?”
Exhibit 26: “Which vendors will eventually supply WiMAX
equipment?”
Exhibit 27: “What factors will contribute to the success of
WiMAX?”
Exhibit 28: “Will WiMAX succeed?”
Exhibit 29: “What factors will hinder the success of
WiMAX?”
Exhibit 30: “Where will WiMAX be deployed?”
Exhibit 31: Operators Think WiMAX Will be Deployed More
Often in Urban Areas
Exhibit 32: “Which customer segments will be addressed by
WiMAX?”
Exhibit 33: “What factors drive uptake by consumers?”
Exhibit 34: “What applications will be enabled by WiMAX?”
Exhibit 35: “What types of companies will deploy WiMAX?”
Exhibit 36: “What flavor of WiMAX do you think will be
deployed most often?”
Exhibit 37: “Do you expect that there will be seamless
handoff between WiMAX and 2.5/3G?”
Exhibit 38: “What functionality is most important in a
wireless network?”
Exhibit 39: “Which will perform better, cellular or WiMAX?”
Exhibit 40: Perception of Performance/Service Quality
Exhibit 41: “Is WiMAX a potential complement to Wi-Fi for
limited mobility?”
Exhibit 42: “Is WiMAX a stand-alone, ‘semi-mobile’ system?”
Exhibit 43: “Does WiMAX pose a threat to 3G?”
Exhibit 44: “Do you think WiMAX will support voice?”
Exhibit 45: “Do you think WiMAX will support voice directly
to phones or through a WiMAX or WLAN phone?”
Exhibit 46: “Do you think WiMAX is a disruptive
technology?”
Exhibit 47: “Do you think WiMAX will be used as a
complement or a substitute for other fixed or mobile solutions?”
Exhibit 48: “Will WiMAX complement or substitute DSL or
cable?”
Exhibit 49: Fixed Wireless Broadband Subscriber Projections
Exhibit 50: WiMAX (802.16d) Projections, 2005-2012
Exhibit 51: Breakdown of Broadband Lines, 2012
Exhibit 52: Pyramid’s Optimistic WiMAX (802.16d)
Projections, 2005-2012
Exhibit 53: High-Bandwidth Mobile Subscribers, 2005-2012
Exhibit 54: WiMAX (802.16e) Projections, 2005-2012
Exhibit 55: Wi-Fi vs. WiMAX: Local vs. Metro
Exhibit 56: Global WLAN Hot Spot Forecasts, 2002-2009
Exhibit 57: Global Wi-Fi Users, 2002-2009
Exhibit 58: Global Wi-Fi Subscriptions, 2002-2009
