Extensive forecast (2007-2012) of WiMAX demand, service revenues and equipment revenues includes:

Regions Asia Pacific, North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Russia, UK, USA

Forecast data for each country and region

Fixed and mobile broadband subscribers
Fixed and mobile WiMAX subscribers
Data and VoIP service revenues
Device types in use and sale volume
Equipment revenues for network infrastructure and subscriber devices

WiMAX: Ambitions and Reality. A Detailed Market Assessment and Forecast at the Global, Regional and Country Level (2006-2012)

Executive Summary
Report roadmap
An assessment of the prospects for WiMAX
"Fixed" or "Mobile" WiMAX?
1. 3.1 The progress so far
  Terminology: "WiMAX" or "Pre-certified WiMAX" or "Proprietary"?
  WiMAX Certification in a Nutshell
2. 3.2 Timeline for network rollouts and subscriber adoption
3. 3.3 The next five years
  1. 3.3.1 How can operators make money from WiMAX?
  2. 3.3.2 How will operators charge for WiMAX services?
  3. 3.3.3 How will subscribers with multiple WiMAX devices be charged?
  4. 3.3.4 Will the devices be subsidized?
  5. 3.3.5 What will be the killer application for WiMAX?
  6. 3.3.6 When will compelling devices be available?
  7. 3.3.7 What will the relative importance of fixed versus mobile services be?
  8. 3.3.8 Will WiMAX IPR be cheaper than 3G (or LTE)?
    Defining interoperability in the core network
  9. 3.3.9 Will a robust WiMAX ecosystem emerge?
  10. 3.3.10 In which bands will WiMAX operate?
  11. 3.3.11 Will it be Mobile WiMAX or LTE? And does it matter?
    Wi-Fi, HSDPA, EV-DO RevA
Market forecast approach and methodology
1. 4.1 Challenges in forecasting WiMAX adoption
2. 4.2 Approach and methodology
3. 4.3 Sources of information
4. 4.4 Market forecast model
5. 4.5 Subscribers and devices
  Subscribers: fixed, personal broadband and mobile; business, residential, consumer
The addressable market
1. 5.1 The evolution of the fixed broadband market
2. 5.2 Growth in the fixed wireless broadband access market
3. 5.3 The cellular market
4. 5.4 The mobile wireless broadband market
WiMAX in the fixed and mobile broadband market
1. 6.1 WiMAX in the fixed broadband market
2. 6.2 WiMAX in the mobile broadband market
3. 6.3 Total WiMAX subscribers
The key to WiMAX success: device availability
1. 7.1 Killer applications? Try killer devices
2. 7.2 More devices than subscribers
3. 7.3 One subscriber, one identity, many devices
4. 7.4 Moving beyond the desktop modem and the laptop
5. 7.5 The market for WiMAX devices
Turning a profit
1. 8.1 Subscribers' willingness to pay
2. 8.2 How much can you charge for WiMAX services?
3. 8.3 Service plans for fixed and mobile data access
  1. 8.3.1 Flat-fee or capped services?
  2. 8.3.2 Symmetric or uplink-constrained throughput?
  3. 8.3.3 Personal or family plans?
  4. 8.3.4 Pre-paid or post-paid?
  5. 8.3.5 Free mobile VoIP?
  6. 8.3.6 Single or multiple devices?
  7. 8.3.7 Technology or service based?
4. 8.4 Data service revenues
5. 8.5 VoIP service revenues
The vendor market
1. 9.1 Timeline for infrastructure and device availability
2. 9.2 WiMAX device sales
3. 9.3 WiMAX device revenues
4. 9.4 Equipment revenues
5. 9.5 Total WiMAX equipment revenues
Regional forecast and assessment of WiMAX adoption
1. 10.1 Regional data
  1. 10.1.1 Asia Pacific
  2. 10.1.2 North America
  3. 10.1.3 Western Europe
  4. 10.1.4 Eastern Europe
  5. 10.1.5 Latin America
  6. 10.1.6 Middle East, North Africa
  7. 10.1.7 Sub-Saharan Africa
2. 10.2 Country data
  1. 10.2.1 China
  2. 10.2.2 India
  3. 10.2.3 Japan
  4. 10.2.4 South Korea
  5. 10.2.5 Australia
  6. 10.2.6 USA
  7. 10.2.7 Canada
  8. 10.2.8 Germany
  9. 10.2.9 United Kingdom
  10. 10.2.10 France
  11. 10.2.11 Spain
  12. 10.2.12 Italy
  13. 10.2.13 Russia
  14. 10.2.14 Brazil
  15. 10.2.15 Mexico
  16. 10.2.16 Argentina
Conclusions: to 2012 and beyond
1. 11.1 Crucial steps for the success of WiMAX
2. 11.2 Broader market trends
3. 11.3 WiMAX's ambitions and reality
4. 11.4 A peek beyond 2012
  1. 11.4.1 Scenario one: WiMAX becomes a well-established niche technology
  2. 11.4.2 Scenario two: WiMAX dominates the wireless-broadband market
5. 11.5 Action items for vendors and network operators

List of figures

Figure 1. Global forecast highlights: devices and subscriptions
Figure 2. Global forecast highlights: service and equipment devices
Figure 3. Fixed or Mobile?
Figure 4. Timeline for WiMAX adoption
Figure 6. WiMAX core network
Figure 6. The WiMAX ecosystem
Figure 7. The roadmap to next-generation wireless broadband technologies
Figure 8. Adoption drivers and enablers
Figure 9. Market forecast model
Figure 10. Main access types among WiMAX subscribers from 2007 to 2017
Figure 11. Growth in cellular and fixed broadband subscriptions
Figure 12. Comparison between growth in broadband subscriptions and mobile broadband devices
Figure 13. Broadband subscribers by region
Figure 14. Broadband lines per 100 people
Figure 15. Broadband lines by technology
Figure 16. BWA and FTTH subscribers
Figure 17. BWA subscribers by region
Figure 18. BWA as a percentage of broadband in different regions
Figure 19. Penetration of cellular voice services
Figure 20. Cellular subscribers by region
Figure 21. 2G and 3G cellular subscribers
Figure 22. Mobile broadband devices by region
Figure 23. Mobile broadband devices
Figure 24. Worldwide WiMAX subscribers
Figure 25. Fixed WiMAX and other BWA subscribers
Figure 26. Fixed WiMAX subscribers by region
Figure 27. Fixed WiMAX subscribers in developed and emerging markets
Figure 28. Fixed WiMAX subscribers using IEEE 802.16-2004 and 802.16e-2005
Figure 29. 3G and mobile WiMAX subscriptions
Figure 30. Initial subscriber growth for GSM, WCDMA, Wi-Fi and WiMAX
Figure 31. Mobile WiMAX subscribers in developed and emerging markets
Figure 32. Mobile WiMAX subscribers
Figure 33. Main access type among WiMAX subscribers (2006-2012)
Figure 34. WiMAX subscribers by region
Figure 35. WiMAX subscribers in developed and emerging markets
Figure 36. Fixed WiMAX subscribers as a percentage of global WiMAX subscribers and of fixed broadband subscribers in the region
Figure 37. Mobile WiMAX subscribers as a percentage of global WiMAX subscribers and of mobile broadband subscribers in the region
Figure 38. Total WiMAX subscribers as a percentage of global WiMAX subscribers and of fixed broadband subscribers in the region
Figure 39. Fixed, mobile and total WiMAX subscribers as a percentage of global WiMAX subscribers and of domestic fixed and mobile broadband subscribers
Figure 40. Mobile devices per subscriber, by country and by region
Figure 41. Timeline for device availability
Figure 42. WiMAX devices in use
Figure 43. Percentage of mobile broadband devices with WiMAX
Figure 44. Distribution of fixed and mobile devices by region and by country in 2012
Figure 45. Distribution of mobile WiMAX devices by region and by country in 2012
Figure 46. Mobile WiMAX devices per 100 people
Figure 47. Mobile WiMAX devices by region
Figure 48. WiMAX laptops by region
Figure 49. WiMAX data-centric devices by region
Figure 50. WiMAX phones by region
Figure 51. WiMAX CE devices by region
Figure 52. Data and VoIP ARPU for different services by region by 2012
Figure 53. Data service revenues by primary device
Figure 54. Total data service revenues by region
Figure 55. Data service revenues by region: fixed subscribers
Figure 56. Data service revenues by region: fixed and mobile subscribers
Figure 57. Service revenues: mobile data by region
Figure 58. VoIP subscribers by service type (fixed, mobile, fixed and mobile)
Figure 59. VoIP subscribers by region
Figure 60. Service revenues: total VoIP by region
Figure 61. Service revenues: fixed VoIP by region
Figure 62. Service revenues: fixed and mobile VoIP by region
Figure 63. Service revenues: mobile VoIP by region
Figure 64. Service revenues: total data and VoIP by region
Figure 65. Driving large-scale WiMAX deployments
Figure 66. WiMAX device sales
Figure 67. Device sales by region
Figure 68. WiMAX device revenues
Figure 69. WiMAX device cumulative revenues
Figure 70. Device revenues by region
Figure 71. WiMAX devices ASP
Figure 72. WiMAX equipment revenues
Figure 73. Infrastructure equipment revenues by region
Figure 74. Subscriber and equipment revenues by region and country
Figure 75. WiMAX cumulative equipment revenues
Figure 76. Cumulative count of WiMAX new base stations
Figure 77. Subscribers and devices per base station
Figure 78. Global equipment revenues
Figure 79. Global cumulative equipment revenues
Figure 80. Cumulative equipment revenues per subscriber
Figure 81. Total WiMAX equipment revenues by region
Figure 82. Subscribers and equipment revenues by region and country
Figure 83. Asia Pacific: summary
Figure 84. Asia Pacific: devices and subscriptions
Figure 85. Asia Pacific: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 86. North America: summary
Figure 87. North America: devices and subscriptions
Figure 88. North America: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 89. Western Europe: summary
Figure 90. Western Europe: devices and subscriptions
Figure 91. Western Europe: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 92. Eastern Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa: summary
Figure 93. Eastern Europe: devices and subscriptions
Figure 94. Eastern Europe: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 95. Latin America: summary
Figure 96. Latin America: devices and subscriptions
Figure 97. Latin America: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 98. Middle East, North Africa: devices and subscriptions
Figure 99. Middle East, North Africa: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 100. Sub-Saharan Africa: devices and subscriptions
Figure 101. Sub-Saharan Africa: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 102. China: devices and subscriptions
Figure 103. China: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 104. India: devices and subscriptions
Figure 105. India: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 106. Japan: devices and subscriptions
Figure 107. Japan: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 108. South Korea: devices and subscriptions
Figure 109. South Korea: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 110. Australia: devices and subscriptions
Figure 111. Australia: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 112. USA: devices and subscriptions
Figure 113. USA: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 114. Canada: devices and subscriptions
Figure 115. Canada: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 116. Germany: devices and subscriptions
Figure 117. Germany: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 118. UK: devices and subscriptions
Figure 119. UK: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 120. France: devices and subscriptions
Figure 121. France: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 122. Spain: devices and subscriptions
Figure 123. Spain: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 124. Italy: devices and subscriptions
Figure 125. Italy: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 126. Russia: devices and subscriptions
Figure 127. Russia: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 128. Brazil: devices and subscriptions
Figure 129. Brazil: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 130. Mexico: devices and subscriptions
Figure 131. Mexico: WiMAX service and equipment revenues
Figure 132. Argentina: devices and subscriptions
Figure 133. Argentina: WiMAX services and equipment revenues

List of Tables

Table 1. Fixed and Mobile WiMAX compared
Table 2. WiMAX Forum Certification Waves
Table 3. Drivers and challenges for WiMAX over the next five years
Table 4. WiMAX-enabled applications
Table 5. Competing cellular technologies
Table 6. A comparison of HSDPA, LTE, EV-DO, UMB and WiMAX
Table 7. Markets and regions with a separate WiMAX forecast
Table 8. One ARPU, multiple devices, multiple individuals
Table 9. The market opportunity for fixed and mobile access with WiMAX
Table 10. Ambitions and reality