According to the reports, worldwide RAN equipment sales rose 9% to $9.58 billion between 2Q06 and 3Q06; wireless LAN equipment sales increased 19% to $780.03 million; WiMAX equipment sales shot up 23% to $173.53 million; and outdoor mesh equipment sales jumped 38% to $121.40 million.
"The range of licensed and unlicensed wireless broadband and mobile technologies now available leads to some interesting opportunities for operators, but also some potentially disruptive challenges to existing business models," said Infonetics Research analyst Richard Webb. "All operators are looking at fixed-mobile convergence, but there are now several ways they can get there," he added. "Whilst personal mobile broadband is still some way off, we can see the pieces of the jigsaw starting to come together."
WiMAX and Outdoor Mesh Network Equipment Highlights
-- Worldwide WiMAX equipment revenues are forecast to reach $3.26 billion in 2009
-- Worldwide outdoor wireless mesh access node sales are forecast to reach $1.17 billion in 2009
-- Samsung leads overall WiMAX equipment revenue share in 3Q06, ahead of Alvarion, Airspan, and Aperto Networks
-- Strix Systems leads overall outdoor mesh revenue market share in 3Q06, just ahead of Tropos Networks and BelAir Networks
-- 35% of WiMAX equipment sales come from Asia Pacific, 30% from EMEA, 20% from North America, and 14% from CALA
-- 49% of wireless mesh access node sales come from North America, 25% from EMEA, 18% from Asia Pacific, and 8% from CALA
Infonetics' WiMAX and Outdoor Mesh Network Equipment report provides market size and forecasts for WiMAX base stations, WiMAX CPE, and outdoor wireless mesh network access nodes. The service tracks Airspan, Alvarion, Aperto Networks, BelAir Networks, Cisco Systems, Firetide, Motorola, Nortel, Redline Communications, Siemens, Skypilot Networks, SOMA Networks, SR Telecom, Strix Systems, Tropos Networks, and others.
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