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DUBLIN, Ireland-- June 20, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19519) has announced the addition of Research and Markets: Will WiMAX Replace 3G and
Fixed Broadband? to their offering.
The two fastest growing markets in the history of telecommunications; mobile
telephony and fixed broadband access, are happening right now. The opportunity
for bringing mobility and broadband access together has never been grater. Wireless
Broadband technologies will make a dramatic comeback from the unsuccessful attempts
to use them to offer broadband services in 1999 and 2000.
This report defines Wireless Broadband as a wireless service that provides at
lease 384kbps in downstream direction and with specifications and pricing intended
to compete with DSL and other wireline broadband technologies. While this definition
includes 3G technologies that are at the low end, WiMAX services at 1 Mbps downstream
will provide the performance that this market is really looking for.
Several important things have changed to give Wireless Broadband a second look:
- Technical advances such as OFDM have extended the range of wireless technologies
and improved their abilities to bypass and penetrate into structures with non-line-of-sight
propagation. The world's television broadcasters have already implemented digital
terrestrial services based on OFDM and proved its effectiveness. OFDM is also
used in the wireless LAN standard IEEE 802.1 1a.
- The IEEE802.16 and ETSI Hyperlan committees have developed wireless standards
that apply to broadband applications and are currently extended these standards
to give them a degree of mobility.
- The WiMAX Forum has been formed to insure interoperability of IEEE802.16 implementations
by creating implementation profiles and will be certifying to them, following
the successful example of WiFi Forum.
- Major companies including Intel and Proxim have endorsed WiMAX and are promising
components that can be used to build low cost systems.
- The 3GPP groups IP Multimedia Subsystem(IMS), which uses SIP for signaling,
is available not only for converging fixed and mobile networks but may be used
by incumbent and new service providers alike for IP based Broadband Wireless networks.
The WiMAX forum is focusing on point-to-multipoint technologies using a spectrum
of 2 to 11GHz. The point-to-multipoint technology permit the service provider
to offer service to anybody within the covered area. At 10GHz and below, rain
fading is not a significant issue, so the radius served is larger than with higher
frequencies and can extend to the horizon if the transmit is high enough.
It is expected that WiMAX technology will capture a significant share of Wireless
Broadband market and will attract a large number of subscribers who will use WiMAX
in place of DSL or some other wireline broadband service. On the other hand 3G
will attract users who are primarily interested in mobility. Most subscribers
will use 3G to supplement rather replace a wireline broadband service.
Topics covered in the report include:
- Wireless Standards, Spectrum, and Regulatory Landscape
- Trials, Early Network Deployments and the Lessons
- Business Case Examples
- Market Forecasts
- Conclusions & Recommendations
Companies profiled:
- iPass
- UK Broadband
- Verizon Wireless
- Alvarion
- Aperto Networks
- BeamReach Networks
- Navini Networks
- Redline Communications
- SR Telecom
- ArrayComm
- DragonWave Inc.
- Flarion
- IPWireless
- Motorola
- Orthogon Systems
- UTSarcom
- Alcatel
- Lucent Technologies
- Nokia
- Nortel Networks
- Airspan Networks
- Proxim
- Vyyo Inc.
- ZTE Corporation
- AMF Ventures
- Cutting The Wires
- Intel
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