3G and 4G wireless networks: diffusion of 30% in 2013
A market analysis conducted by the company In-Stat estimates that within the next four years there will be a considerable expansion of users of connectivity solutions for 3G and 4G: If at the end of 2008, there were a worldwide spread equal to 11 %, by the end of 2013 is expected to spread around 30%, both calculated on total wireless customers.
Daryl School, analyst for In-Stat who has supervised the research, said: “basing our analysis on the awarding of contracts we see that the spread of WiMAX is able to absorb well the hard blows of the economic slowdown, although some operators have slowed down the rate of installation of new networks. WiMAX equipment from Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Motorola and Samsung are showing positive results and others that we have to pay attention are Cisco Huawei and ZTE “.
In a broader perspective WiMAX should be able to resist, in the next two years, the growth of networks, HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) and LTE (Long-Term Evolution). In-Stat claims that mobile WiMAX networks can be an important resource in developing countries and in isolated places, where nets are still unable to reach. The real question that remains is the ability of WiMAX to compete in areas where currently there are already 3G cellular networks and dialup.
According School ,802.16e standard (which describes mobile WiMAX), has been primarily developed for dialup and nomadic services. Clearwire, Korea Telecom and UQ in Japan are some important exceptions, however, who wanted to adopt 802.16e for applications typically more mobile.
Reviewing the allocation of contracts in previous quarters (only in the fourth quarter of 2008 are spread globally 132 new networks: 95 HSPA, 18WCDMA, 12 mobile WiMAX six CDMA EV-DO and TD SCDMA network) In-Stat estimates that the majority of new type of networks will be WiMAX and HSPA, with a significant slowdown in the installation of networks WCDMA and CDMA EV-DO.
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