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WiMAX Will Succeed As Fixed Broadband, Study Predicts |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Friday, 27 May 2005 |
Amended from EE Times UK:
A research
firm this week estimated that there will be 20 million fixed WiMAX
installations by 2009, which will be enough for the technology to be
considered a success in the marketplace.
That adoption of WiMAX
will be driven primarily by use of the technology as a form of fixed,
rather than mobile, broadband, the Strategy Analytics study concluded.
That will particularly be the case in developing nations where
broadband infrastructures are not highly developed, according to the
study.
The bottom line is that
this level of adoption will be enough for the technology to succeed,
Chip Taylor, directory of Strategy Analytics' RF & Wireless
Component Service, said in a statement. He said, however, that doubts
remain about the viability of mobile WiMAX.
"WiMAX for fixed
wireless broadband services alone will generate a modest but healthy
market for chips and equipment by 2009," Taylor said. "Major concerns
still remain regarding battery life for mobile WiMAX, undefined mobile
specifications, and probable competition with 3G and proposed 4G
networks." |
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