Maravedis Predicts Accumulated 75 million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers by 2014

Lowers its previous market projections
MONTREAL--(Business Wire)--
Leading telecommunications market research and analysis firm Maravedis announced
the publication of its report "WiMAX and Broadband Wireless Access Equipment
Market Analysis, Trends and Forecasts, 2009-2014." Maravedis forecasts an
accumulated 75 million WiMAX subscribers by the end of 2014. "Market forecasts
have been revised to reflect the economic slowdown and the progress made by the
LTE camp, " said Adlane Fellah, Maravedis CEO and Founder and co-author of the
report.

"Facing a strong challenge from LTE, WiMAX is leveraging its existing foothold.
Our research shows its healthy ecosystem is key for its survival. More than 22
vendors shipped a total of 2.2 million WiMAX CPEs in 2008," noted Bilel
Bouraoui, Senior Analyst and co-author of the report.

"Similarly, the silicon market faced increasing competition with more than 6
players enjoying market shares of more than 7% each. Consolidations, mergers and
exists in the device and silicon vendor communities will reduce competition in
2009 if volumes don`t ramp up fast enough," Bilel added.

The report confirms that both WiMAX and LTE are converging upon 4G service
capabilities. LTE`s primary market, 3G operators, will be unlikely to deploy LTE
sooner than 2012. "While LTE appears to have the decisive volume advantage, the
lag between 3G evolution and the next generation mobile network will greatly
benefit WiMAX in the near term," noted Robert Syputa, Senior Analyst.

SELECT KEY FINDINGS

* Korean and Taiwanese ODMs accounted for 60% of CPEs shipped in 2008.
* The 802.16e-2005 share of new WiMAX subscribers will peak in 2012 and be
dominated by mobile devices with embedded wireless modems.
* Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Motorola and Samsung were the leaders in BWA and
WiMAX combined equipment markets,
* The WiMAX equipment market, which includes active WiMAX subscribers, will
reach an annual US$4 billion in 2014, from over 2US$ billion at the end of 2008.

* Proprietary and fixed WiMAX equipment markets will continue to grow
organically to meet the needs of WISPs and vertical segments.
* Service revenues generated by broadband wireless services will reach US$15
billion in 2014.

MARAVEDIS is a leading analyst firm focusing on disruptive technologies
including smart networks using WiMAX, IEEE, and 3GPP/LTE.

Maravedis Inc.
Emma Hancox, +1 514-992-3662
Marketing Director,
emma@maravedis-bwa.com

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