MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Annual shipments for WiMAX chipsets will exceed $2.2 billion in 2008, according to new research from West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C.
“WiMAX is seen by many as an indicator and also a driver in the market for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) applications. We are now at the intersection of wireless rapid data transfer and communication .,” explained Kirsten West, principal at WTRS.
“In the near future, invariably and inevitably, VoIP will replace switched telephony, i.e., it will eliminate and replace a complete stratum of our infrastructure that has served us so well for over 100 years: the telephone,” West continued. “To be frank about this, we simply will no longer have need of it.”
“The Comprehensive Wireless Component Market Report” examines technologies and protocols including UWB, Bluetooth, 802.15.4, ZigBee, third generation, fourth generation, WiMAX, 802.11a through g and 802.20.
WTRS also announced the availability of its “Ultra-Wideband Market Report,” which forecasts high data rate UWB will increase in North America and Asia, while low data rate UWB applications will dominate in Europe. The group expects annual shipments for MB-OFDM UWB chipsets to exceed 247 million units by 2009.
