Rosy WiMax forecast gives way to LTE

September 10, 10 by David Goldstein

The worldwide market for mobile WiMax services in 2015 will be five times its current size, according to ABI Research — but smaller than the company’s analysts had expected just a few months ago.

On Thursday, ABI said it had scaled back its forecast of mobile WiMax users by about 15 percent since Russian service provider Yota announced in May that it would start deploying LTE (Long-Term Evolution). A majority of mobile operators around the world that plan to offer 4G (fourth-generation) mobile data have said they will use LTE instead of WiMax.

To read this IDG report in full, see: www.networkworld.com/news/2010/090910-rosy-wimax-forecast-gives-way.html www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205214/.html

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