A new Juniper Research's analysis forecasts that up to 12% of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMAX by 2013, with Far East region leading with over one fifth of the 47 million subscribers in 2013. Juniper explored how WiMAX is well suited to rapid deployment in the many underserved areas, not only [...]

WiMAX will begin to take off over the 2009 to 2011 period, exceeding 47 million subscribers globally by 2013, according to a new analysis of the global opportunity for WiMAX 802.16e to deliver "local loop" broadband connectivity. A region by region analysis by Juniper Research found that there is a significant opportunity now for WiMAX as [...]

Even though we've heard a criticism about WiMAX right from the horse's mouth, official WiMAX Forum remains optimistic about the technology. As a matter of fact their CTIA release suggests there will be 133 million WiMAX users by 2012. The forecast is based on the results of an independently commissioned research study to be published [...]