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Yankee Group Assesses WiMAX Market in
China Forecast Shows Chinese WiMAX Market Will Grow Seven-Fold Between
2009 and 2011
Other topics: Broadband Wireless
Network Deployment, Mobile WiMAX
Protocol Test Solution
Yankee Group
April19, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts - Yankee Group today announced at WiMAX World Asia
that the Chinese WiMAX market will reach 8.39 million users in 2011,
almost 7 times the 1.25 million users we forecast for 2009 (the first
year of significant WiMAX development in China). Of the 8.39 million
users in 2011, nomadic and portable broadband access users will lead the
Chinese market, accounting for 46% of the market in 2011. Mobile
broadband and low-cost fixed wireless access services will come in
second and third, accounting for 43% and 11% of the market,
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According to the joint
research report by Yankee Group and its China-based partner, Analysys
International, WiMAX in China: 2007 to 2011 Outlook and Forecast,
released today, if the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) does not
embrace WiMAX and create a mobile WiMAX policy soon, the Chinese market
will miss the mobile WiMAX opportunity. If this were to happen, Yankee
Group and Analysys International believe it will have significant
implications for Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE, which are among
the front-runners in mobile WiMAX development in China. MII has yet to
allocate mobile spectrum, which signals to the industry that MII has not
committed to mobile WiMAX development in China. The key for MII to
accelerate mobile WiMAX policy development is to demonstrate to local
governments how Chinese companies can benefit from mobile WiMAX.
“Embracing connectivity solutions and standards such as mobile WiMAX in
emerging markets like China is critical to competing in the continuously
evolving global communications industry,” said XJ Wang, vice president
of Yankee Group Asia-Pacific Research. “Without China’s participation,
the global WiMAX ecosystem will not be complete.”
Although the big four in China—China Netcom, China Unicom, China Mobile
and China Telecom—are not rushing WiMAX deployment, Yankee Group and
Analysys International find that the smaller players and other municipal
WiMAX providers are pushing for an aggressive WiMAX strategy in China
despite their financial challenges. Considering the important roles of
these smaller players, we recommend that key members of the WiMAX Forum
invest in WiMAX deployment in China.
YANKEE GROUP
The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts™—the
leading source of insight and counsel for builders, operators and users
of connectivity solutions. For nearly 40 years, Yankee Group has
conducted primary research that charts the pace of technology change and
its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Yankee Group was
named Official Industry Analyst for ITU Telecom World 2006.
Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence, including
operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin
America and Asia-Pacific. |
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