Will WiMAX replace 3G and fixed broadband?

March 13, 2005

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wireless Broadband: Will WiMAX Replace 3G and Fixed Broadband? to their offering.

This report examines Wireless Broadband technologies including WiMAX, WCDMA, and TD-CDMA. It defines the global regulatory environment and describes what the service providers are doing today. The report shows that the business case for WiMAX, WCDMA, and TD-CDMA is quite robust and compares favorably to the business case for DSL in both urban and rural environments. The report also provides a fine grained forecast for the global market as well as eight individual markets:

- North America Western
- Europe
- Russian Federation
- High Income Asia-Pacific
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East and Africa
- Low Income Asia-Pacific

The report also includes discussion of the activities of 14 service providers plus profiles of 27 manufacturers and consulting companies participating in this market. It also includes recommendations on how to succeed in this market for service providers, manufacturers, regulators, and investors.

Companies Profiled:

- Mobile
- Swisscom
- Personal Broadband Australia
- Wireless Broadband Systems
- BroadBandOne Networks
- Nextel - USA
- Clearwire - USA
- Evertek - U.S.
- MVS Net - Mexico
- UK Broadband
- Airdata AG - Germany
- Altitude Telecom - France
- iPass
- Verizon Wireless
- Alvarion
- Aperto Networks
- BeamReach Networks
- Navini Networks
- Redline Communications
- SR Telecom
- ArrayComm
- DragonWave Inc.
- Flarion
- IPWireless
- Motorola
- Orthogon Systems
- UTStarcom
- Alcatel
- Lucent Technologies
- Nokia
- Nortel Networks
- Airspan Networks
- Proxim
- Vyyo Inc.
- ZTE Corporation
- AMF Ventures
- Cutting The Wires
- Mobile Innovation

Contents include:

- Standards, Spectrum, and Regulatory
- Early Network Deployments
- Business Case Examples
- Market Forecasts
- Conclusions & Recommendations