Infonetics Research: WiMAX equipment market up 46% in 2007, forecast to hit $7.7B in 2011

LONDON, Feb 28 (MARKET WIRE) --
The WiMAX market sequentially grew 11% for the quarter and 46% for the year,
with worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment hitting just under $800
million in 2007, says Infonetics Research in its latest "WiMAX and Mesh Network
Equipment and Devices" report.

WiMAX has been deployed in more than 80 countries worldwide and commercial
networks
will continue to grow in number and size in 2008, the report shows. Infonetics
forecasts the WiMAX market to grow to $7.7 billion in 2011.

"Several recent developments are giving a boost to the WiMAX market," said
Richard Webb, wireless analyst for Infonetics Research. "Among the most
significant developments: Cisco's acquisition of mobile WiMAX vendor
NaviniNetworks, the market entrance of specialist ASN gateway vendor WiChorus,
the launch
of WiMAX phones and Ultra Mobile PCs, and the new Open WiMAX initiative, which
promotes disruptive, all-IP open WiMAX architecture, and should lead to
best-of-breed solutions with inter-vendor interoperability."

Other highlights from the report:

-- Mobile WiMAX equipment grew in high double-digit percents every
quarter of 2007
-- Worldwide sales of ASN gateways, which aggregate traffic from mobile
WiMAX base stations, grew nearly 10-fold from 2006 to 2007
-- The number of worldwide WiMAX subscribers (fixed and mobile) topped
2.2 million in 2007, led by the Asia Pacific region; the majority are fixed
WiMAX subscribers
-- Alvarion maintains its lead in worldwide fixed WiMAX equipment revenue
share in 2007, followed by Airspan
-- Motorola is the leader in worldwide mobile WiMAX equipment revenue
share in 2007, followed by Samsung

Infonetics' report provides market size, market share, and forecasts
forfixed WiMAX equipment split by base stations and CPE; mobile WiMAX equipment
split by ASN-gateways, base stations, CPE, and NICs; mobile WiMAX phones and
Ultra Mobile PCs; and indoor and outdoor mesh network nodes. Fixed and mobile
WiMAX subscriber forecasts are also included.

The service tracks products from Airspan, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Aperto
Networks, BelAir Networks, Cisco, Firetide, Huawei, Motorola,
Nokia-SiemensNetworks, Nortel, Redline Communications, Skypilot Networks, Strix
Systems,Telsima, Tropos Networks, and others.

Download report highlights by logging in to Infonetics' online portal from
www.infonetics.com (see Wireless and FMC area). For sales, contact Larry
Howard, vice president, at larry@infonetics.com or +1 (408) 583-3335.

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research
and
consulting firm specializing in telecom and data networking. Services include
quarterly market share and forecasting, end-user survey research, service
provider survey research, and service provider capex analysis.

Press Contact:
Richard Webb
Directing Analyst, WiMAX, WiFi & Mobile Devices
Infonetics Research
Email Contact
+1 408-583-3369 (VoIP line)
+44 (0) 1689-851-618

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