1.98 Million BWA/WiMAX Subs in Q4 2008, Says Maravedis

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The global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base
increased by 260,246 in the first quarter of 2008, reaching a total of
1,988,246 subscribers according to the 4th issue of the WiMAXCounts
Quarterly Report from Maravedis.

There was an increase of more than 19% in WiMAX subscribers in the first
quarter of 2008, while operators are still waiting for the tipping point that
will lead to acceleration of WiMAX adoption and deployments. 

Many operators have held back their network expansion pending the mobile
WiMAX 802.16e equipment certification, which was announced in June 2008.

Of the 264 operators tracked in WiMAXCounts, approximately 50% of them are
providing HIS (High Speed Internet) services only. The remaining percentage
corresponds to operators that are offering different applications, such as
VoIP, Video, VPN , in addition to HIS.

"We expect however double/triple play to become the norm in the next two
years" said Robert Syputa, Maravedis Partner and Senior Analyst.

This quarter's key findings  

  • 65% of Operators are already
    commercial, 14% are trialing, 9% are planning their launch, 10% have idle
    spectrum and 2% have returned/lost spectrum.
  • Clearwire USA
    remains the top operator in number of subscribers, with an estimated
    443,000 subscribers in the United States
    at the end of Q1 2008, an increase of 12.5% compared to the 394,000
    subscribers reported in Q4 2007.
  • The split by subscriber type
    among WiMAXCounts operators was 65% residential and 35% business.
  • The 3.3-3.8 GHz band is the
    most widely deployed, with 63% of WiMAXCounts operators deploying their
    WiMAX networks in this band in Q1 2008, compared to 70% of the Operators
    deploying in this band during Q4 2007.
  • Q1 2008 BWA/WiMAX
    service revenue among WiMAXCounts operators totaled US$ 366 million, as
    compared to $US 303.65 million during the previous quarter, an increase of
    20%
  • Q1 2008 recorded ARPU was US$
    48 and US$ 146 for residential and business subscribers.
  • Motorola remains the leader
    in equipment deployed for both BWA/WiMAX
    CPEs

Maravedis will be presenting detailed
key findings of this report during a webinar
WEBINAR:
"Q1 2008 WiMAX Statistics and Inside WiMAXCounts"
July 8,  11AM - Eastern Time (GMT -5) -
Spaces are limited!
Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/817011937   

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