WiMAX: which usage cases will be most successful?

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	32
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00453

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Summary

The WiMAX industry continues to gather momentum in Asia-Pacific and, as a result, the region has attracted publicity as a focus for WiMAX opportunities and deployment. This is in spite of recent WiMAX setbacks; negative press; clouded investor confidence, especially in the US; and continued delays in certified mobile WiMAX equipment, which are frustrating operators. Across Asia-Pacific we are now seeing licensing activity and deployments commence. This report looks at potential usage cases for WiMAX and examines the technology's potential to change the industry landscape.

Content

Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Ovum view
- Key messages
WiMAX status in Asia-Pacific
- WiMAX specifications, licensing and certification
- WiMAX business case differs by market
- Emerging markets: WiMAX to fulfil latent broadband demand
- Developed markets: WiMAX for advanced applications
- Governments promoting WiMAX
- Few mobile operators embracing mobile WiMAX
WiMAX potential by application
- Principle markets for WiMAX
- Fixed/nomadic broadband access: clear opportunity, especially in niches
- Mobile broadband: laptop market has potential
- Consumer electronics: an evolving opportunity into the next decade
- WiMAX hot zones for extra capacity and speed
- Machine-to-machine
Table of figures
- Table 1 Broad market characteristics of emerging and developed Asia-Pacific markets
- Figure 1 Population penetration of mobile, fixed and broadband across Asia-Pacific
- Figure 2 PC penetration in emerging Asia-Pacific markets, end 2006
- Table 2 GDP at PPP per capita, 2006
- Table 3 Potential WiMAX use cases in Asia-Pacific
- Figure 3 Potential WiMAX business strategies
- Figure 4 Simplified mobile broadband take-up timeline
- Figure 5 HSDPA devices launched, October 2007
- Table 4 Japanese domestic consumer electronics equipment sales, 2006
- Table 5 Consumer electronics devices in use globally, 2006 and 2010 (forcast)
- Figure 6 Swiss army knife or purpose-specific device
- Figure 7 Normalised wireless traffic growth