WiMAX - Major Benefits

• Benefits to Component Makers:

  • Creates a volume opportunity for silicon suppliers.

• Benefits to Equipment Makers:

  • Innovate more rapidly because there exists a standards-based stable platform upon which to rapidly add new capabilities.

  • No longer need to develop every piece of the end-to-end solution.

• Benefits to Operators:

  • A common platform which drives down the cost of equipment and accelerates price/performance improvements unachievable with proprietary approaches.

  • Generate revenue by filling broadband access gaps.

  • Quickly provision T1 / E1 level and "on demand" high margin broadband services.

  • Reduce the dollar risk associated with deployment as equipment will be less expensive due to economies of scale.

  • No longer be locked into a single vendor since base stations will interoperate with multiple vendors' CPEs.

• Benefits to Consumers:

  • More broadband access choices, especially in areas where there are gaps: worldwide urban centers where building access is difficult; in suburban areas where the subscriber is too far from the central office; and in rural and low population density areas where infrastructure is poor.

  • More choices for broadband access will create competition, which will result in lower monthly subscription prices.