In its latest report titled “Mobile WiMAX: Global Opportunities, Strategies & Forecasts, 2007-2013”, Juniper Research forecasts that Mobile WiMAX 802.16e will begin to take off over the 2010 to 2013 period, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers globally by 2013. Still, report author Howard Wilcox indicates two gating issues that will dictate take-up for this technology – availability of suitable devices and service differentiation. Still, with more and more Mobile WiMAX 802.16e trials and network contracts — over 50 have been announced so far in 2007 alone — the market is very active in all regions of the world.
Other findings in the report include:
- The value of Mobile WiMAX service revenues globally will grow to over $23bn per annum by 2013.
- The top Mobile WiMAX markets will be the USA, Japan and South Korea.
- Over 10 countries will have Mobile WiMAX device markets in excess of $100m per annum.
- There are several wildcard factors could significantly increase the size of the market including the emergence of very low cost laptops, and adding broadband capability to a range of devices including portable music/MP3 players, and games consoles.
In addition, the report includes country-level forecasts for over 30 countries worldwide, and case studies describing how a number of operators are deploying 802.16e Mobile WiMAX in their networks, and their development plans for the future… Free download from Juniper’s site.