HSPA will account for most mobile broadband deployments, while Mobile WiMAX may capture niche markets.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

Wi-Max, February, 2007

With over 93 commercial networks in operation, HSPA is likely to account for the majority of investment in global mobile broadband networks over the next five years, finds a new study by Arthur D. Little. By comparison, Mobile WiMAX will be a niche technology within the overall global mobile broadband wireless access market, likely to account for at most 15 percent of this network equipment market and perhaps 10 percent of mobile broadband wireless subscribers by 2011-2012. In its latest report, "HSPA and mobile WiMAX for mobile broadband," Arthur D. Little unveils a non-partisan view of both leading technologies to present an articulate guideline for operators, regulators, and vendors who are investing for the future amid a cloud of hype.

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