By Adlane Fellah The performance of the BWA/WiMAX industry during the first half of 2008 suggests significant growth is near. BWA/WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.3 million in second quarter 2008--a 19 percent growth over the first quarter and a 70 percent increase over second quarter 2007. The launch of Xohm by Sprint represents the beginning of a tipping point for the industry. Confide...

BWA and WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.3 million in Q2 2008 - a 19% growth over the first quarter and a 70% increase over Q2 2007, according to the 5th issue of the WiMAXCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. "Global service revenues continue to rise thanks to subscriber growth and despite the fact that ARPUs remain unchanged in the last quarter. However the average subscriber base per dep...

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) has invited applications for Hong Kong's Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences - which are generally expected to be used to provide WiMAX services.

3G is steadily becoming a reality in India. Since the 3G license guidelines were announced, the great 3G auction will now commence. There are 66 auctions to be held — 22 for CDMA, 22 for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access), and 22 for GSM. These will be held simultaneously, and the government is currently looking for an eligible ...

South Korea based WiMAX vendor, POSDATA says that it has signed a commercial contract with Airway communications for the largest BWA deployment to date in China.

The global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base increased by 260,246 in the first quarter of 2008, reaching a total of 1,988,246 subscribers according to figures from Maravedis.

Bangladesh's telecoms regulator, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has published its draft guidelines for issuing Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses. The national licenses are being proposed - two in the 2.3Ghz band and one in the 2.5Ghz band.

According to the latest edition of the Quarterly Report from Maravedis, the global BWA/WiMAX subscriber base increased by 350,000 in the fourth quarter of 2007, reaching a total of 1,728,000 subscribers.

WiMAX.com has a global map of WiMAX deployments from Maravedis, which operates the WiMAXCounts site. More than 250 trials and deployments of WiMAX technologies exist today, according to Intel and the WiMAX Forum. The WiMAXCounts online subscription service tracks over 250 broadband wireless access (BWA) operators around the world. Each …

According to a new report from Maravedis, both licensed and unlicensed Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) benefit the most from the short term opportunities with BWA/WiMAX. This will not generate massive adoption but will contribute to building credibility of the WiMAX business case.