WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 45 / 356
This kind of model will support the development of new applications and services and may
lead companies in updating their communication systems. Among the different applications
hypothesis of WiMAX there is the possibility to link together public and private hot spots with
the 802.11 standard, but WiMAX could be widely employed also as last mile technology.
Figure 4-6 WiMAX applications
Therefore WiMax seems to be destined to compete with xDSL technology, as access
technology for broadband (in fact 25% of WiMAX forum participants is represented by
service providers and operators).
4.5.3.2.3 WiMAX market forecast: from 2007 to 2011
More than 100 million users still access the internet with dial-up, and more than 900 million
use the internet occasionally but do not subscribe to a monthly service. The opportunity for