Is WIMAX Here to Stay, or Will it Eventually Peter Out, Like a Number of Other Fixed Wireless Broadband Technologies?DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42835) has announced the addition of the Pyramid Research, Inc report: Positioning WiMAX - How WiMax Stands Up To 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 , Cable, Wi-Fi and 3G to their offering. This report helps operators assess the WiMax opportunity. Comparisons of WiMax, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. and 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. 1xEV-DO capabilities and availability timeframes allow mobile operators to determine the best broadband solution. Fixed operators can benchmark WiMax against other fixed wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 technologies. The report also assesses the impact of the next generation WiMax, 802.16e, on mobility uses for fixed and mobile operators. These days, WiMAX seems to be at the top of everyone's watch list and has become one of the most anticipated developments in the telecommunications world. Expectations are high for WiMAX, with the technology ultimately promising to deliver metropolitan area mobile broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. . Fact or fiction? This report looks beyond this hype to uncover the true promise of WiMAX. In an attempt to gauge industry players' interest in WiMAX and understand their views, plans and concerns, we conducted an online survey encompassing 414 wireline and wireless operators and vendors. We then followed up with in-depth operator interviews. Survey results and feedback from operator interviews helped shape this Research's analysis of WiMAX and its prospects in both fixed wireless broadband and mobile markets as compared to other technologies including Wi-Fi, cable, DSL and 3G. This report provides results of our online survey and operator interviews, and demand projections for 802.16d, 802.16e, Wi-Fi, cable, DSL, HSDPA, CDMA 1Xev-DO and total narrowband In communications, transmission rates up to T1 speeds (1.544 Mbps). The upper limit is moving target. At one time, narrowband meant 150 bps (that is 150 bits per second!). Then, the upper limit became 2,400 bps. Later, it moved to 64 Kbps. Contrast with wideband and broadband. and broadband lines. We also examine our projections of wireline and wireless voice revenues. Key Questions Answered - What are the promises and shortcomings of WiMAX? - What factors will drive WIMAX deployments by operators? - Where will WiMAX be deployed? - Does WiMAX pose a threat to wireline broadband? - Does WIMAX pose a threat to 3G? - Which customer segments will be addressed by WiMAX? - Is WIMAX here to stay, or will it eventually peter out, like a number of other fixed wireless broadband technologies? Who should read this report? - Operators This report will help operators ascertain the potential and capabilities of WIMAX and whether they should launch it. For mobile operators, the report provides a comparison of realistic availability timeframes for various technologies, and analyzes the impact that WIMAX, HSDPA and CDMA 1xEV-DO. would have on each other. For fixed operators, the report benchmarks WIMAX against other fixed wireless broadband technologies. - Vendors Should vendors bother with a WiMAX solution in their portfolio? This report helps ascertain where the WiMAX opportunity lies for vendors, and provides insights for product positioning, from WiMAX as a stand-alone solution to WiMAX as a complementary mobile/fixed broadband solution. - Financial Institutions This report helps clear the fog surrounding the purportedly disruptive effect of WiMAX on existing service providers. Are investments safe, and what does WiMAX mean for service provider long term revenue? Does WiMAX extend the service provider addressable market? This report answers such questions, and sheds some light on potential winners and losers. Topics Covered Executive Summary Section 1: WiMAX: The Big Picture 1.1: Why are Operators Interested in Broadband Internet? 1.2: Wireless Broadband Choices are Multiplying 1.3: WiMAX Promises and Shortcomings 1.4: The CPE Dilemma 1.5: WiMAX Niche Opportunities Section 2: Surveying the Market: Executives Tell All 2.1: Scope and Methodology 2.2: Operator Perspectives 2.3: Industry View: Important Factors to Determine the Future of WiMAX 2.4: Industry View: Market Segmentation 2.5: Industry View: Key Applications for WiMAX --Fixed 2.6: Industry View: Will WiMAX Substitute or Complement? Section 3: The WiMAX Opportunity 3.1: WiMAX -- Fixed Wireless Broadband 3.2: Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G: Friends or Foe? 3.3: Wi-Fi and WiMAX 3.4: 802.16e vs. 802.20 Appendix List of Exhibits Companies Mentioned - Airspan Navini Networks - Alcatel NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. - Altitude Nextlink - Alvarion NextNet Wireless - Aperto Networks NextWeb - Axxcelera NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. - Beamreach Orthogon Systems - BellSouth Picochip - British Telecommunications (BT) Proxim - China Mobile Qualcomm - Cingular Qwest - Clearwire Radiant radiant: see meteor shower. Networks - Cygnus Multimedia Siemens - Ericsson SI-Wave - Firetide SOMA Networks - Fujitsu Sprint/Nextel - Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets Teligent - Innerwireless The Cloud - Intel Towerstream - Intelsat Tropos Networks - IPWireless Vodafone - Lucent WaveRider - Maritime Telecommunications Network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. Wavesat - MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Worldcom Wi-Lan - Mesh Networks A communications network in which there are at least two pathways to each node. If one of the paths fails, the other is still available. A "fully meshed" network means that every node has a direct connection to every other node, which is a very elaborate and expensive architecture. WiMAX Telecom - Motorola Winstar For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42835 |
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