Focusing on the Debate over the Place in the Equation of Fixed and Mobile WiMAX, Traditional 3G Technologies and Their Offspring - UMTS TDD, FLASH-OFDM and iburst.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45614) has announced the addition of Broadband Wireless Access - Potential for Mobile WiMAX & Alternative BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) High-speed wireless access. Typically refers to wireless last mile access to the Internet. See WiMAX and broadband. Technologies to their offering. There are many signs of a renewed interest in Broadband Wireless Access technologies: the much-discussed Sprint Nextel decision to select mobile WiMAX for its 2.5 GHz network, carriers taking a careful look at the advanced Korean market, and the huge sums reached at recent spectrum auctions. Broadband wireless access technologies indeed stand to benefit from many factors: * Broadband is going mass market * Consumers are increasingly mobile * Mobile telephony leads the telecommunications market * Data services represent an increasing share of total mobile ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. * Growing network capacity needs and the debate over net neutrality are giving alternative access technologies a boost * Laptop computer sales are rising, while PDAs and mobile handsets are evolving towards smarter and more powerful devices integrating PC-like functionalities. This report focuses on the debate over the place in the equation of fixed and mobile WiMAX, traditional 3G technologies and their offspring - UMTS TDD, FLASH-OFDM and iBurst. Alternative BWA technologies are evolving quickly. The biggest change in the BWA industry is undoubtedly the WiMAX ecosystem's shift towards a new mobile standard. Alternative broadband wireless technologies have now been tested in actual conditions in many commercial deployments. Equipment availability for each standard or proprietary solution is also essential, as it drives adoption by operators and end users. Spectrum availability and quality is another critical issue, and often the chief constraint that players have to contend with. It impacts coverage, quality of services and deployment costs. Emergent wireless technologies, able to provide broadband data rates and support mobility, can be seen as complementary solutions as well as potential threats to both mobile and fixed networks operators. It is nonetheless our view that BWA networks that provide a complement to fixed or cellular networks make a stronger business case. Broadband Wireless Access in brief * In-depth look into broadband wireless access and mobile 3G technologies * New and alternative technologies * Spectrum issues remain a major factor * Frequency comparison * BWA/WiMAX market opportunities * International benchmark and country by country analysis * Operators' and suppliers' strategies Technologies * CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 2000 1x EV-DO (EVolution-Data Only) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the CDMA technology, including Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. EV-DO works on EV-DO cellphones as well as laptops and portable devices that have EV-DO modems. * CDMA2000 1x EV-DV (EVolution-Data Voice) Part of the third generation of high-speed data enhancements to the CDMA cellphone technology. See CDMA2000 for more details. * FLASH OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. * HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. * iBurst * IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.16 * IEEE 802.20 * TD-SCDMA TD-SCDMA Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access * UMTS TDD * WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide, including AT&T (formerly Cingular) and T-Mobile in the U.S. * WiBro * WiMAX * Beyond 3G Key questions * What are the latest technological developments? * What are the barriers and drivers for each technology? * What will be the impact on services and equipment? * What are the current BWA/WiMAX offers? * Which strategies should operators and manufacturers adopt? * What is the growth outlook for access technologies? * What are the spectrum issues in each country? * Complementarity com·ple·men·tar·i·ty n. 1. The correspondence or similarity between nucleotides or strands of nucleotides of DNA and RNA molecules that allows precise pairing. 2. vs. competition? Who should read this report? Manufacturers * Knowledge of the timeline for BWA technology deployments * Take account of the timeline for service rollouts Fixed and mobile telecom operators and ISPs * Assessing the opportunities that BWA technologies represent, and the issues involved in new frequency band allocations * For mobile operators: measuring the actual threats posed by BWA technologies Regulators * Identifying the types of service that will be offered * Validating the frequency bands that will actually be used Investors and analysts * Evaluating the potential of BWA technologies and their relevant markets * Identifying the most dynamic key players (operators and suppliers) Content Outline: 1 - Technology overview 2 - Spectrum issues 3 - Market opportunities Operator Case Studies WIMAX ECOSYSTEM Altitude Telecom - WiMAX to fill DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary gaps, WiMAX to compete in urban areas Clearwire - a pure BWA player Korea Telecom - WiBro's first commercial launch Sprint / Nextel - first mobile WiMAX endorsement by a large mobile carrier Yozan - a WiMAX + Wi-Fi access network in Tokyo Woosh Wireless - convergent operator strategy by overlaying mobile WiMAX, UMTS TDD and fixed network ALTERNATIVE BWA TECHNOLOGIES Airdata - wireless last mile access reseller model Digita - broadcast infrastructure operator rolls out a Flash-OFDM network Personal Broadband Australia targets corporate users with iBurst mobile services Sentech (South Africa) - a Retail TDD (Time Division Duplexing) A transmission method that uses only one channel for transmitting and receiving, separating them by different time slots. No guard band is used. Contrast with FDD. See also TDD/TTY. TDD - Telecommunications Device for the Deaf offering in an emerging country T-Mobile Slovakia - a mobile operator deploying W-CDMA See WCDMA. and Flash-OFDM Vodafone - skips 3G and studies alternative technologies for mobile data in the Czech Republic Supplier Profiles For each firm analysed: Turnover, Workforce, Structure, Main Shareholders, Involvement in Standardisation, Product Roadmap, Chip partner, Partners & OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , Customers Companies Mentioned: * Airspan * Alvarion * Aperto Networks * Arraycom * IPWireless * Motorola * Qualcomm / Flarion * Redline Communications * Samsung * Altitude Telecom * Clearwire * Korea Telecom * Sprint / Nextel * Yozan * Woosh Wireless For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45614 |
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