WiMAX: Ready for Deployment?

WiMAX: Ready for Deployment?

Table of Contents
Published September 2005. 75 Pages, 17 Tables and 18 Figures
1. Attributes of WiMAX technology	9
1.1. Standardization history	9
1.2. WiMAX Performances	10
1.3. Interoperability: a basic requirement	12
1.4. WiMAX's positioning compared to other technologies	13
1.4.1. WiMAX's theoretical positioning amongst wireless technologies	14
1.4.2. WiMAX versus Wi-Fi	14
1.4.3. Mobile telephony technologies	15
1.4.4. WiBro	16
1.5. Equipment and cost elements	17
2. Current regulation	18
2.1. General framework	18
2.2. The licensing situation in a selection of countries	19
2.2.1. Austria	19
2.2.2. Belgium	19
2.2.3. France	19
2.2.4. Germany	20
2.2.5. Ireland	20
2.2.6. Italy	20
2.2.7. Japan	21
2.2.8. Norway	21
2.2.9. South Korea	22
2.2.10. Spain	22
2.2.11. Switzerland	22
2.2.12. The United States	22
2.2.13. The United Kingdom	22
2.2.14. Overview of WiMAX's regulatory status & licence awards	23
3. WiMAX players	24
3.1. Manufacturers and founders	26
Airspan Networks	26
Alvarion	29
Aperto Networks	32
Fujitsu Microelectronics	35
Intel	36
Motorola	38
Navini Networks	40
Proxim Communications	42
Redline Communications	43
Sequans	45
SR Telecom	46
Wavesat Wireless Inc	48
Wi-LAN	49
Other players	51
3.2. A selection of telecom operators' WiMAX initiatives	51
4. Business models and the challenges of WiMAX	57
4.1. WiMAX's chief usage configurations	57
4.1.1. Covering rural zones	57
4.1.2. WiMAX as a Wi-Fi backhaul solution	58
4.1.3. WiMAX and 3G cellular technologies	58
4.1.4. The different deployment scenarios	59
4.2. WiMAX: towards new applications?	61
4.3. Business models	63
4.3.1. General overview	63
4.3.2. Case study	64
4.4. Challenges of WiMAX	67
5. Glossary	71
About IDATE	73
Digiworld 2005 Catalogue	75

Tables
Table 1 : The different 802.16 standards: standardization status	10
Table 2 : WiMAX range, depending on type of use (at 3.5 GHz)	11
Table 3 : 802.16 standard performances	11
Table 4 : WiMAX's positioning depending on clientele and usage situation	14
Table 5 : Technical attributes of the 802.11 and 802.16 standards	15
Table 6 : Features of the leading 3G cellular standards	16
Table 7 : Advantages and drawbacks of WiMAX and 3G	16
Table 8 : Comparison of 802.16e and WiBro's properties	17
Table 9 : Regulatory status of WiMAX in a selection of countries	23
Table 10 : The WiMAX Forum's working groups	24
Table 11 : Telecom operators' WiMAX trials and deployments	52
Table 12 : Breakdown by size of subscriber access point (SAP) in France	63
Table 13 : WiMAX access network investment costs	65
Table 14 : WiMAX access network operating costs	65
Table 15 : Services planned by target clientele	65
Table 16 : Estimated cost of WiMAX access production for service in a rural zone	66
Table 17 : Estimated drop in the cost of CPE 2005-2010	68
Figures
Figure 1 : The different technologies' positioning in terms of bitrate and range	13
Figure 2 : Geographical context of the different wireless network standards	14
Figure 3 : Forecast changes in the price of WiMAX equipment	17
Figure 4 : Forecast frequency band use, by geographic zone	18
Figure 5 : Breakdown of frequency lots awarded, by region and by operator	21
Figure 6 : Breakdown the WiMAX Forum's membership	24
Figure 7 : Selected players' positioning in the WiMAX value chain	25
Figure 8 : WiMAX as a solution for covering rural zones	57
Figure 9 : WiMAX for Wi-Fi hotspot and/or network backhauling	58
Figure 10 : Complementary use of WiMAX and cellular technologies for data exchange	59
Figure 11 : Deployment scenario for mature markets	60
Figure 12 : Deployment scenario for emerging markets	60
Figure 13 : Principle WiMAX usage modes	61
Figure 14 : Examples of vertical applications using WiMAX	62
Figure 15 : Player positioning on the WiMAX service market	64
Figure 16 : WiMAX product availability timeline	67
Figure 17 : Forecast growth of the number of WiMAX 802.16-2004 service users	70
Figure 18 : WiMAX market growth forecasts up to 2010	70

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