Latest APAC Market Development

(Business News & Technology News, 13 Sep 2006)

Since 2005, WiMAX has generated tremendous public interest in the APAC region. Most APAC telecommunication industry regulators have given the go-ahead for WiMAX. Service providers, especially competitive service providers, are using WiMAX as a perfect chance to get into the broadband and wireless business. However, their expected cost-effectiveness of WiMAX will not arrive soon, since the standardization and commoditization of WiMAX equipment will take more time to complete. Nevertheless, many WiMAX networks were set up for trials and commercial deployments in APAC.

In the 13 APAC countries, the total APAC market, including WiMAX CPEs, WiMAX base stations, and WiMAX commercial services (but excluding the non-radio-access part of total WiMAX solutions), is valued at US$106.4 million in 2006 and the figure will grow 40.4 times in 5 years time, to US$4,300.6 million in 2011. Total WiMAX service subscribers are expected to reach 13.98 million in 2011.

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