Commercial deployments ofWimax networksby operators have
overtaken deployments of trial-only networks, according toresearch consultancy
Maravedis.
For the Q3 of 2007, 58% of Wimax networks worldwide are now
being deployed for commercial use, while only 18% remain
trial-only.
Sixteen per cent of operators own Wimax spectrum but are doing
nothing with it, and 8% of operators are planning a Wimax
launch.
Although these announcements are good news for the Wimax
standard, they will not change businesses' attitude to Wimax
overnight, said Ian Fogg, senior broadband analyst at Jupiter
Research.
Wimax network operators will need to invest in extending the
range of their network coverage if they want more people to use
their services. However, Fogg said this was unlikely to happen
until more client devices become available.