Abstract
The WiMAX industry continues to gather momentum in Asia-Pacific and, as a
result, the region has attracted publicity as a focus for WiMAX opportunities
and deployment. This is in spite of recent WiMAX setbacks; negative press;
clouded investor confidence, especially in the US; and continued delays in
certified mobile WiMAX equipment, which are frustrating operators. Across
Asia-Pacific we are now seeing licensing activity and deployments commence.
This report looks at potential usage cases for WiMAX and examines the
technology' s potential to change the industry landscape.
Table of Contents
Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Ovum view
- Key messages
WiMAX status in Asia-Pacific
- WiMAX specifications, licensing and certification
- WiMAX business case differs by market
- Emerging markets: WiMAX to fulfil latent broadband demand
- Developed markets: WiMAX for advanced applications
- Governments promoting WiMAX
- Few mobile operators embracing mobile WiMAX
WiMAX potential by application
- Principle markets for WiMAX
- Fixed/nomadic broadband access: clear opportunity, especially in niches
- Mobile broadband: laptop market has potential
- Consumer electronics: an evolving opportunity into the next decade
- WiMAX hot zones for extra capacity and speed
- Machine-to-machine
Table of figures
- Table 1: Broad market characteristics of emerging and developed
Asia-Pacific markets
- Figure 1: Population penetration of mobile, fixed and broadband across
Asia-Pacific
- Figure 2: PC penetration in emerging Asia-Pacific markets, end 2006
- Table 2: GDP at PPP per capita, 2006
- Table 3: Potential WiMAX use cases in Asia-Pacific
- Figure 3: Potential WiMAX business strategies
- Figure 4: Simplified mobile broadband take-up timeline
- Figure 5: HSDPA devices launched, October 2007
- Table 4: Japanese domestic consumer electronics equipment sales, 2006
- Table 5: Consumer electronics devices in use globally, 2006 and 2010
(forcast)
- Figure 6: Swiss army knife or purpose-specific device
- Figure 7: Normalised wireless traffic growth
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