Unstrung Insider Analyzes the WiMax Equipment Market

Unstrung Insider Analyzes the WiMax Equipment Market 


NEW YORK, July 15  /PRNewswire/ -- WiMax-compatible metro-area wireless is
poised to create a huge opportunity for equipment suppliers across a range of
access and backhaul applications, according to a new report from Unstrung
Insider (http://www.unstrung.com/insider), the wireless infrastructure research
service from Unstrung.

The report -- WiMax: Going the Distance -- examines the market potential for
WiMax-compatible equipment and analyzes the product strategies of 18 broadband
wireless vendors.

"WiMax is the best thing that could happen to the fixed wireless access
market," says the report's author, Gabriel Brown. "Standardization at Layer 1
and Layer 2 will cut vendor development costs and give service providers more
confidence to invest in their networks."

Beyond that, another major benefit will be to release resources for
higher-layer networking innovation, system management, and performance
enhancements, adds Brown. "It's hard not to be excited by WiMax."

  Among the report's conclusions:

  -- The sub-11GHz BWA market will be worth $470 million in 2004, rising to
     between $900 million and $1.4 billion in 2008.

  -- The WiMax equipment market will be worth between $830 million and $536
     million by 2008.

  -- Alvarion and other smaller vendors report sizeable increases in revenue,
     while Proxim and SR Telecom are suffering sustained declines in revenue.

  -- WiMax isn't delaying purchasing decisions for broadband wireless access
     equipment.

  -- 3.5GHz bands dominate WiMax thinking, but beware of mobility
     restrictions.

  -- License-exempt WiMax applications will eventually be more exciting than
     industry wonks currently believe.

  -- Major system OEMs are actively shopping for partners to help build
     their WiMax platforms.



Public broadband wireless access vendors analyzed in this report: Airspan
Networks (NASDAQ:AIRN); Alcatel SA (NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP:PA); Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ALVR); Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ:CRNT); Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS);
Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT); P-Com Inc. (OTC:PCOM); Proxim Corp. (NASDAQ:PROX);
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; Frankfurt: SIE); SR Telecom Inc. (TSE:SRX); WaveRider
Communications Inc. (OTC:WAVC); and Wi-LAN Inc. (TSE:WIN).

Private broadband wireless access vendors featured in this report: Aperto
Networks; BeamReach Networks; Cambridge Broadband Ltd.; Navini Networks Inc.;
NextNet Wireless Inc.; and Redline Communications Inc.

WiMax: Going the Distance is available as part of an annual subscription (12
monthly issues) to Unstrung Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are
available for $900.

To subscribe, or for more information, please visit:
http://www.unstrung.com/insider.

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   Jeff Claudino
   Sales Manager
   Insider Research Services
   619-229-9940
   

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   Laura West
   Director of Marketing
   Research Division
   212-925-0020 ext. 105
   

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