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Editor’s Foreword
By Adlane Fellah, CEO |
The Mobile World Congress is behind us. Vodafone, Verizon, China Mobile have taken the lead to ensure LTE does not suffer unnecessary delays and uncertainty, pursuing aggressive trial and rollout plans and selecting winners and losers in the vendor community. However overall, 2009 will be the year of business case consolidation for operators rather than of aggressive spending on new technology. A client recently remarked to me that “flat is the new growth.” In that context, it is unlikely most operators will invest heavily in new rollouts for either LTE or mobile WiMAX.
In the midst of this difficult context, it looks like India’s much anticipated spectrum auction will suffer more delays - at least until the 15th Lok Sabha general election that is to be held in May 2009, as the government and regulating body fight over reserve prices. The delay will certainly benefit the incumbents BSNL and MTNL, who have been provided early access to the precious spectrum. However, the government’s objective of reaching 10 million broadband lines by 2010 is already impossible to achieve. The social and economic costs to a country relying on knowledge-based exports will be far greater than the mere hundreds of millions at stake in the dispute for reserve prices.
Enjoy!
Adlane Fellah
Maravedis CEO & Founder
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What the Economic Crisis Means for BWA in
Latin Amercia
Cintia Garza, Market Analyst |
The economic downturn has affected the operations and revenue margins of many operators and equipment vendors. The crisis intensified in Q4 2008, when WiMAX subscriber growth for the LATAM region slowed down, falling from a 21% growth in the second quarter, to 19% in the third quarter, and a 17% growth over the fourth. The year 2008 drew to a close with just over 460,000 BWA/WiMAX subscriptions for the region. The main contributors to this number were Telecel (Paraguay), MVS (Mexico), Telmex (Argentina), Axtel (Mexico), UNE Telecomunicaciones (Colombia), and Neovia (Brazil)... view full article…
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WiMAX/LTE 4G Intellectual Property Rights & Market Impact -
2nd Edition |
The second edition of the exclusive IPR database and analysis for WiMAX/LTE 4G! An exhaustive analysis of real-world IPR and patent data complemented by a comprehensive worldwide patent database. The report covers IPR policies, regulations, climate, and forecasts, revealing several important IPR trends that indicate the role major players could have in the emerging WiMAX/4G markets.
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WiMAX, LTE and Broadband Wireless (Sub-11GHz) Worldwide Market Trends 2008-2014 – 5th Edition |
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ClearSpectrum |
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Ups/Downs
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Ups:
- Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson beat out Motorola and Nortel to become Verizon’s primary LTE/SAE vendors view story
- Verizon Wireless’ Q4 performance results boast another 1.2 million new retail customers view story
- SoftBank reaches over of subscriber base swell to over 20 million as of the end of January 2009 view story
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Downs:
- Comcast profits drop 30% - due to its US$600 million investment in the “new Clearwire” view story
- Sprint Nextel announces 1.3 million subscribers lost in the last quarter alone view story
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Did You Know?
During the last quarter, operators added fewer subscribers than in previous quarters. This is mostly a result of the economic recession, together with a change in marketing strategies of certain operators. For instance, Clearwire’s consolidated churn rate increased primarily due to significantly reduced marketing efforts in its pre-WiMAX markets, in order to concentrate its efforts in the new WiMAX network deployment and the XOHM merger.
The following table provides some examples of operators who have experienced lower subscriber growth between Q3 2007 and Q3 2008. Find out more in the latest edition of WiMAXCounts’ Quarterly Report, or by visiting www.wimaxcounts.com!
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