With the idea of VoIP on a WiMAX network becoming more and more of a real possibility, service providers will need to pay closer attention to quality of service issues associated with this type of communication, Basharat Ashai of research firm Maravedis writes. Commentary

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...

WiMAX in Brazil: the future is unclear By Cintia Garza, Market Analyst, Maravedis For many years, Brazil has been considered a key market with great potential for WiMAX. This is particularly true given it has one of the highest populations in Latin America --192 million at the end of December 2007. Brazil also has the third highest GDP per capita after Chile and Mexico, at $5,666. Yet it also has ...

Clearwire is readying WiMAX wireless deployments in four more US cities this year which will use equipment from Motorola, Jeff Orr, a senior analyst with the Maravedis told BetaNews. “By the end of this year, we are poised to make service available in our first four WiMAX markets — Portland, OR; …

Clearwire is readying WiMAX wireless deployments in four more US cities this year which will use equipment from Motorola, said Jeff Orr, a senior analyst with the Maravedis told BetaNews. “By the end of this year, we are poised to make service available in our first four WiMAX markets — Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Atlanta,

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.

Maravedis' Robert Syputa takes on the idea of a merger between WiMAX and LTE standards. Could it really happen? Article

Alvarion today announced commercial availability and FCC authorization for its 802.16e BreezeMAX 3650 base station and customer premises equipment. “BreezeMAX 3650 leverages the same mature and field-proven Alvarion 802.16e Open WiMAX technology chosen by many operators around the world,” said Adlane Fellah, Senior Analyst and Founder of Maravedis. The BreezeMAX 3650 supports self-inst

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 …