Monthly Industry Report
May, 2011
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About
The WiMAX Forum® Industry Research Report is a monthly summary of primary and secondary research and news, provided by WiMAX Forum to the industry. It includes the latest updates on WiMAX Forum-tracked statistics, product certification, regulatory information, technology standards and more. This report will be published and made available on the WiMAX Forum website the first week of every month. If you have any questions or comments regarding the research contained herein, please contact Jonathan Singer, the WiMAX Forum’s Marketing Communications and Research Manager at Jonathan.Singer@wimaxforum.org.
Contents
- Global Deployment Update
- Deployments tracked, Deployments by region, Frequency
- Global WiMAX POPs – UPDATED FEB 2011
- Monthly Industry News Clips Review
- Certification
- Total Products, New Product Summary, Vendor List
Executive Summary
Global Deployment Update
This section describes the current state of WiMAX deployments across the world. The data for this tool is delivered to us courtesy of Informa Telecoms & Media, and can be viewed online in more detail at www.wimaxmaps.org. Please note that the numbers below do not necessarily represent total WiMAX networks in existence, but rather the total deployments that we currently track. Every month we find more data on new or existing deployments and add them to the database. If you are an operator, please check WiMAX Maps to make sure that your organization’s information is accurate. If it is either not there or is inaccurate, please email deploymentdata@wimaxforum.org, and we will update our information immediately.
TOTAL DEPLOYMENTS*
**Note: "Deployments" in this case refers to WiMAX networks that are either in service or planned/in deployment (i.e. base stations are being deployed, but there are few/no subscribers yet).
| Total Deployments Tracked | 583 |
| Total Deployments Tracked Last Month | 582 |
| Total Countries** with WiMAX Deployments | 150 |
| Last Month | 150 |
**Note: "Countries" in this case is representative of distinct telecommunications markets, and therefore this number may equal more than the total number of sovereign nations recognized by the UN. For example, Hong Kong and China have different regulatory structures, and are therefore treated as different markets.
DEPLOYMENTS BY REGION
| Region | Deployments | Countries |
| CALA | 120 | 33 |
| Africa | 117 | 43 |
| Asia-Pacific | 98 | 23 |
| Eastern Europe | 86 | 21 |
| Western Europe | 77 | 18 |
| North America (USA/Canada) | 56 | 2 |
| Middle East | 29 | 10 |
DEPLOYMENTS BY FREQUENCY
| 2.3 GHz Deployments*** | 48 |
| 2.5 GHz Deployments*** | 112 |
| 3.3 GHz Deployments*** | 10 |
| 3.5 GHz Deployments*** | 308 |
| 5+ GHz Deployments*** | 21 |
***Note: In above table total deployment by Frequency may not add up to total deployments tracked. The missing deployments' statuses are unknown, and will be confirmed and updated.
For more information please visit www.wimaxmaps.org
POPs Coverage
In February, 2011, WiMAX Forum announced that as of the end of 2010, WiMAX service providers cover more than 823 Million people. This estimate surpasses last year’s forecast of 800M people, and signifies that WiMAX is still on target to reach the forecast that by 2011 there will be over 1 Billion people across the world within WiMAX coverage. This POPs update is a yearly project, and will be updated again at the beginning of 2012. Below is a regional breakout of the estimate:
| Region | POPs Covered |
| Africa | 87,347,832 |
| Asia-Pacific | 322,666,970 |
| CALA | 117,846,830 |
| Eastern Europe | 102,503,669 |
| Middle East | 33,509,544 |
| North America | 127,000,000 |
| Western Europe | 32,526,407 |
| TOTAL | 823,401,252 |
*These numbers represent an estimate conducted by WiMAX Forum via primary and secondary research of operator POPs coverage on an operator-by-operator basis. Where the operator could not or would not respond to direct inquiry, estimates were made based on public operator statements, number of base stations, government-mandated buildout requirements, and other available information. Proprietary networks (pre-WiMAX/non-WiMAX) were not included, and geographic overlap of operator coverage areas was taken into account.
WiMAX Forum News Clips
Below is a summary of important industry news:
- Global WiMAX equipment to touch $6.9 billion in 2014: Infiniti Research
- Japanese earthquake shelters getting PCs, WiMAX
- Report: 17.25 million BWA/WiMAX and 320K LTE subscribers reached in Q1 2011
- UMass Dartmouth testing long-range wireless Internet access
- Best Buy launches WiMAX service on connect
- IEEE approves next WiMAX standard
- LTE is overhyped, says Ovum
- Grow up with WiMAX
- Prepaid carrier Locus to resell Clearwire
- WiMAX Forum certification lab opens in Malaysia
- CaribServe launches WiMAX 4G network
- 4G: Disruption within
- The RIM Playbook with 4G and Flash
- Clearwire and Locus Telecommunications announce new 4G wholesale agreement in US
- Google Voice comes to Sprint
- Digital Star set to launch WiMAX; targets 150,000 users by year-end
- Samsung aims to be among top 3 phone network equipment makers on 4G demand
- Houston goes 4G on city’s new wireless broadband network
- First large-scale 4G commercial deployment in Canada
- Time Warner Cable said to be testing WiMAX smartphone
- WiMAX in smart grids
- Smart Mobile to roll out 3G, WiMAX in Cambodia
- Zain Bahrain announces powerful WiMAX upgrade
- Samsung Nexus S 4G clears FCC
- Novatel Wireless MiFi 3G/4G mobile hotspot available through Sprint
WiMAX Forum Certified™ Products
| Total WiMAX Forum Certified Products | 260 |
| Base Stations | 62 |
| Subscriber Stations | 198 |
WiMAX Forum Certified Product Vendors
| WiMAX Vendors with WF Certified Products | Total |
| Base Station Vendors | 26 |
| Subscriber/Mobile Station Vendors | 51 |
- Base Station Vendors
- Airspan Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Axxcelera, Cisco Systems, E.T. Industries, Harris Stratex, Huawei Technologies, Institute for Information Industry, Motorola, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, PointRed Telecom Pvt Ltd, POSDATA, Proxim Wireless Corporation, Redline Communications, RuggedCom Inc., Runcom Technologies Ltd., Samsung, Selex Communications, SEQUANS Communications, Soma Networks, SR Telecom, ZTE Corporation
- Subscriber/Mobile Station Vendors
- Acer Incorporated, Airspan Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, ApaceWave Technologies, Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Beceem, Cisco Systems, C-motech Co. Ltd., D-Link, E.T. Industries, Fujitsu, GCT Semiconductor, Inc., Gemtek Technology Co. Ltd, Gigaset Communications, Harris Stratex, Huawei Technologies, Infomark, Intel Corporation, Interbro, Japan Radio, Kouziro Co Ltd, Kyocera, Lenovo, MediaTek, Micro-Star Int’l co.,LTD, MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO.,LTD., MODACOM Co., Ltd., Motorola, NEC, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Onkyo, Panasonic, PointRed Telecom, POSDATA, Redline Communications, Runcom Technologies Ltd., Samsung, Selex Communications, SEOWON INTECH Co., Ltd., SEQUANS Communications, Siemens AG, Shanghai Longcheer3G Technology Co., Sony, SR Telecom, Toshiba, Ubee Interactive, Wavesat Inc., ZTE Corporation, ZyXEL Communications Inc.
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