Emerging markets expected to drive WiMAX growth

WiMAX subscribers could grow to 54 million by 2012 driven by growth in emerging markets, according to a new report from Senza Fili Consulting.
The firm said the WiMAX’s best growth prospects will come from the rollout of mobile services.
“The recent inclusion of WiMAX as an IMT-2000 technology will enable mobile operators to deploy it more widely, but the mobile market will take longer than the fixed one to grow, because most mobile operators do not yet need a data-only wireless network to complement their 3G networks,” said Monica Paolini, author of the report.