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Parks Associates: Mobile WiMAX
Will Grab a Significant Market Share in 2012
Other topics: WiMAX Device Award,
WiMAX CPE Antenna
BUSINESS WIRE
May 31, 2007
Dallas, TX -- Mobile WiMAX will connect 8% of the world’s 1.1 billion
mobile broadband subscribers by 2012, accounting for nearly 88 million
users worldwide, according to Mobile Broadband Wireless: Path toward 4G.
This new report from Parks Associates forecasts 52% of these subscribers
will be from Asian countries while North and South America will account
for another 28%.
“Today, most existing WiMAX deployments are the province of aspiring
start-up service providers or incumbent telecom carriers looking to fill
coverage gaps,” said Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director of Broadband and
Gaming, Parks Associates. “The imminent availability of commercial
products and increasing availability of spectrum around the world will
change the market for mobile WiMAX and make it viable among major
service providers. Taiwan alone will have eight million mobile WiMAX
subscribers by 2012.” |
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According to Mobile
Broadband Wireless: Path toward 4G, approximately 160 million cellular
subscribers, 6% of all cellular subscribers, were using a mobile
broadband service at the end of 2006. Two-thirds of these mobile
broadband subscribers used UMTS technology, and the remainder used CDMA
EVDO.
“Both mobile WiMAX and UMTS/HSDPA technologies will gain market share in
the next several years, at the expense of CDMA EVDO,” Cai said,
“TD-SCDMA will also have a meaningful market share due to its strong
foothold in China, the largest mobile market in the world.”
Mobile Broadband Wireless: Path toward 4G examines next-generation
mobile broadband wireless solutions, including 801.16e/WiBro, FLASH-OFDM,
and cellular solutions. It analyzes potential market opportunities,
examines the competitive equipment and service industry landscape,
shares consumer perspectives on mobile broadband wireless solutions, and
provides market-sizing information.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is a market research and
consulting firm focused on all product and service segments that are
“digital” or provide connectivity within the home. The company's
expertise includes home networks, digital entertainment, consumer
electronics, broadband and Internet services, and home systems.
Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies
ranging from Fortune 500 to small start-ups through market reports,
multiclient studies, consumer research, workshops, executive
conferences, and custom-tailored client solutions. Parks Associates is
also a reliable resource for industry, local, national and international
press, providing data, analysis, and insight on all aspects of the
“digital living” markets.
Parks Associates hosts several fall events and co-hosts CONNECTIONS™ and
CONNECTIONS™ Europe (in partnership with the Consumer Electronics
Association) each year. In addition, Parks Associates produces the
publication Industry Insights two times per year in conjunction with the
CONNECTIONS™ Conference series. |
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