According to Eliot Weinman, CEO and Founder of Trendsmedia and conference chair of WiMAX World Conference & Expo, "For the past year, vendors have been selling on the basis of their migration plans from proprietary gear to WiMAX, and shipping equipment built to 802.16 standards but not yet certified. We are pleased to be offering this ground breaking research study which details all the key global wireless broadband deployments that expect to become WiMAX compliant. For operators, this report represents a reference bible, for WiMAX vendors, the map of future winners and losers."
 

A Global Map of WiMAX: Existing Pre-WiMAX Networks and their Equipment Suppliers examines the state of the market for pre-WiMAX networks, looking at the activities of operators that have built systems based on pre-certified equipment, who are committed to migrate to WiMAX within 24 months.

The report also answers the following questions:

• Will spectrum policy be harmonized sufficiently to support a global mobile network?

• Will regulatory consistency and software defined radios combined with strong roaming agreements make WiMAX a genuine international standard?

• How quickly will the other technologies develop, particularly CDMA2000, EV-DO and W-CDMA/HSDPA, and can they provide a viable alternative to WiMAX for mobile broadband data and triple play?

• Which vendors are performing best in which markets and why?

• Will Fixed WiMAX survive at all, or is everyone waiting for mobility?

• What part will companies like Google and Earthlink play in localizing broadband wireless?

A Global Map of WiMAX: Existing Pre-WiMAX Networks and their Equipment Suppliers also provides a rich detail of case studies in every type of business model imaginable, from Public Safety to Metrozone, from unlicensed WISPs to the U.S. RBOCs.
 

The research study is available through Trendsmedia for $1,995 through December 31, 2005 (regular price $3,000).  To order, go to: http://www.trendsmedia.com/publishing.html