Juniper Research today released a report entitled Mobile WiMax: Global Opportunities, Strategies & Forecasts, 2007-2013, which predicts that mobile WiMax (802.16e) will take off between 2010 and 2013, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers worldwide by 2013.

"We are seeing more and more mobile WiMax 802.16e trials and network contracts - over 50 have been announced so far in 2007 alone: the market is very active in all regions of the world," says report author Howard Wilcox. "We anticipate that mobile usage will develop after initial demand for fixed and portable services."

Other key findings include the following:
• The value of mobile WiMax service revenues globally will grow to over $23 billion a year by 2013.
• The top mobile WiMax markets will be the USA, Japan and South Korea.
• Over 10 countries will have mobile WiMax device markets in excess of $100 million a year.

"Mobile WiMax will be a device-based technology, whether handsets, laptops, datacards, or other types of consumer device such as media players," Wilcox notes. "The twin challenges are for vendors to produce the right devices at the right time and price, and for mobile WiMax service providers to differentiate their offerings from existing mobile operators. Success in these challenges will accelerate market development."

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