Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Monica Paolini
WiMAX Summit
Paris, February 24, 2006
SENZA
FILI
CONSULTING
Senza Fili Consulting SENZA
experience in wireless data FILI
CONSULTING
Technology
Geography
Market segments
802.16-2004 802.16e
Standard
(June 2004) (December 2005)
Fixed, nomadic,
Access Fixed, nomadic
portable and mobile
802.16-
Locations/ 802.16e
Access type Devices Handoffs 2004
Speed WiMAX
WiMAX
Outdoor and Single/
Fixed access No Yes Yes
indoor CPEs Stationary
Multiple/
Laptop PCMCIA Hard
Portability Walking No Yes
or mini cards handoffs
speed
License-exempt
Wi-Fi
802.11 Mesh
802.11n
Fixed Mobile
EV-DO,
DSL WiMAX UMTS, HSDPA
Cable
FLASH-OFDM
FTTH
TD-CDMA
BPL
TD-SCDMA
Proprietary BWA
Navini
NextNet
….
802.16e WiMAX (**) 15 Mbps (5 MHz channel) 1 Mbps (*) 1.25–20 MHz
150-200
WCDMA 2 Mbps 384 Kbps 3.84 MHz
Kbps
HSDPA 14 Mbps 384 Kbps 0.5-1 Mbps 3.84 MHz
300-500
EV-DO 2.4 Mbps 154 Mbps 1.25 MHz
kbps
400-600
EV-DO Rev A 3.1 Mbps 1.5 Mbps 1.25 MHz
kbps (*)
300-500
FLASH-OFDM 3.2 Mbps 1.25 MHz
kbps
2.4 Mbps 600-700 1.25, 2.0, 5,
TD-CDMA
(HSDPA 7.3 Mbps) kbps 10 MHz
• Fixed operations
– Facilities-based approach
– Alternative service provider with superior service
• Portable operations
– Differentiating factor for fixed operator
– Expand range of services, addressable market, ARPU
• Mobile operations
– Give network operators ability to offer mobile services
– … but 3G operators are unlikely to deploy WiMAX
16
12
Subscribers (millions)
-
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Source: Senza Fili Consulting, “Fixed or mobile WiMAX? Forecasts and assessment for
the transition from 802.16-2004 to 802.16e WiMAX”
• Opportunity for WiMAX operator to gain • Larger market, greater demand and
(and retain) a dominant position in the willingness to pay for broadband
market connectivity
• Wireless infrastructure may get • Competition with fixed networks is
established first inevitable
• Wired networks may become • Even where DSL is not currently
unnecessary in low density areas offered, it may be introduced soon
• Wireless infrastructure easier to • Established market with a slowing growth
deploy, maintain and secure rate
• Demand for broadband connectivity is still • WiMAX service providers needs to be
mostly limited to urban areas able to go beyond first time users and
• Residential market segment is still in its lure subscribers away from DSL
early days • Increased demand for mobility and
• Lower competition, but regulation may not popularity of wireless connectivity will spur
favor new entrants demand for WiMAX
Source: Eurescom
Source: NextNet
Source: TowerStream
Source: Airspan
Source: Alvarion
Remote communities
City hall
Police
Schools
Internet