Abstract
This IDC study presents IDC' s WiMAX Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment capex forecasts and subscriber forecasts for the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region from 2008 to 2012. Analysis of the current regulatory situation and commercial or trial deployments in 13 countries is provided - Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
"The year 2008 will mark the coming of age for WiMAX as various early trials and commercial deployments are implemented. If the performance results in the field can verify the theory, then 2009-2012 will be a period of aggressive ramping up of WiMAX fixed/nomadic and some higher-mobility services," says Bill Rojas, research director, Communications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. He further adds, "The pent up demand for low-cost {customer premises equipment [CPE] plus network capex US$/subscriber cost) broadband wireless services is huge in developing markets in APEJ including India, the Philippines, Pakistan, China, and Vietnam, where copper-based xDSL has limited potential beyond what has already been installed through year-end 2007."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Introduction
- WiMAX Defined
- Figure: WiMAX System Architecture
- Frequency Spectrum
- Figure: Spectrum Allocation for 3G and WiMAX
- Methodology
- Scope of the Study
- Market Segmentation and Sizing Methodology
- Addressable Market and the Associated Equipment Demand
- Table: WiMAX Equipment Demand from Different Addressable Markets
- Segmentation of the Addressable Market
- Traffic Associated with WiMAX Communications
- Equipment Demand Forecast
- Customer Premises Equipment Demand
- Basestation Demand
- Foreign Exchange Rates
- Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Currency Exchange Rates
- Executive Summary
- Situation Overview
- Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Overview
- Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) WiMAX Radio Access Network Capex by Country, 2006 and 2007 (US$M)
- Market Drivers and Inhibitors
- Key Market Drivers
- Key Market Inhibitors
- Regional Updates
- Regulatory Updates
- Table: Deployments and Trials in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan)
- Vendor Activities
- Intel Corporation
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Cisco
- Motorola
- Nortel
- Huawei
- Nokia Siemens Networks
- Country Analyses
- Australia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Figure: WiMAX Spectrum Allocation in Malaysia
- Philippines
- China
- Figure: WiMAX Trials in China
- Singapore
- National Broadband Network Plan
- South Korea
- Broadband Convergence
- WiBro
- Taiwan
- Figure: M-Taiwan National Initiative
- Thailand
- Rest of Asia/Pacific
- Pakistan
- Vietnam
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) WiMAX Infrastructure, 2008-2012
- Regional Overview
- Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) WiMAX Subscriber Forecast, 2006-2012 (000)
- Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) WiMAX Radio Access Network Equipment Spending by Country, 2006-2012 (US$M)
- Market Context
- Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) WiMAX Radio Access Network Equipment Spending (US$M) and Subscribers (000), 2005-2011: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
- Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) WiMAX Subscribers, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
- Essential Guidance
- Advice for the Carrier Community
- Scalable and Portable Broadband Wireless Access
- Media-Rich Content, IP Television, and Passive Optical Networks
- Advice for the Vendor Community
- Broadband Fixed Access
- Broadband wireless Access
- Content-Aware Network Elements and Interactive Multimedia Subsystems
- VoIP
- IP Transport Versus ATM
- Advice for the Carrier Community
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Definitions
- Synopsis
