BWA Technologies Create Threats, Opportunities For Fixed And Mobile Carriers

Dallas, TX -- Improvements to Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technologies have renewed the debate over the place in the telecom market for fixed and mobile WiMAX, traditional 3G technologies and their offspring - UMTS TDD, FLASH-OFDM and iBurst. New BWA technologies are expanding consumer services and selection, forcing mobile and fixed carriers to either upgrade or pursue a dual network strategy.

Alternative BWA technologies are evolving quickly. The biggest change in the BWA industry is undoubtedly the WiMAX ecosystem's shift toward a new mobile standard. Alternative broadband wireless technologies have now been tested in actual conditions in many commercial deployments.

These are some of the key findings from a new research report: "Broadband Wireless Access" published by IDATE and now available from Alexander Resources, a leading research, consulting and education firm specializing in wireless communications.

This new report provides a comprehensive examination of BWA market opportunities, technologies, spectrum, carriers, and manufacturers.

Other key findings include:

• Manufacturers are developing light BWA infrastructure equipment for urban deployments, which would enable new entrants to compete in densely populated areas.
• CDMA and UMTS evolutions will retain the lion's share of the mobile market, but alternative BWA technologies will gain strong positions in the wireless data segment.
• BWA overlay of cellular sites could lower per-Mb costs for premium services and offer greater traffic capabilities.
• Several major operators with large blocks of spectrum may adopt an EV-DO/BWA or UMTS/BWA dual network strategy to fulfill increasing network capacity needs.
• Driven by Mobile WiMAX, the initial timeline for the WiMAX ecosystem has been pushed further into the future, but its service proposition now seems more attractive.
• Technology convergence, regulatory changes and increasing spectrum needs are creating an opportunistic environment, with all the players vying for the same spectrum.

SOURCE: Alexander Resources