A new report from In-Stat indicates the global pre-WiMAX-Certified 802.16-2004 equipment market, which includes subscriber units and base stations, will grow to over $3 billion by 2010. According to In-Stat analysts, it's a rather aggressive outlook on the future of WiMax, given that the upcoming field trials have not taken place yet nor has there been any indication of which type of WiMax (fixed or mobile) will find more acceptance by providers. However, with subscriber units expected to decrease in price from $500 currently to $100 by 2010, it looks like either platform should be fairly affordable.
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WiMax Costs Expected to Fall
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(Page 1)2. I don't know. I don't even want to know...
Posted at 6:37PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Ebatmoyrot
4. What is key for roll-out is the cost of base stations. What trends do we see?
Posted at 3:01AM on Jan 17th 2007 by Marcel Werner
5. As it can transfer data on broadband it seems to have future.
Posted at 1:38PM on May 27th 2007 by ezgi reklam
Posted at 8:04AM on May 28th 2007 by ezgi reklam
7. Look I am getting upset with the telcom isp's not bringing this technology to the rural areas becouse i am tired of dialup.... there is a whole world of internet that i can not reach on dialup... and these companys are withholding the tech from us rural users.... what do we need to do to get anything above 56k connection with out a lag... satilite gives a faster connection but has a lag time slower than dialup... TEC
Posted at 9:24AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Michael Vautour
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1. Unfortunatelly, the future of WiMax is not optimistic. I hope that it will change.
Posted at 4:04AM on May 15th 2006 by Nawigacja satelitarna