WiMAX will be the "tipping point" in the developing world for spectacular technological growth in communications, data transmission, and infrastructur

Global Africa, Central Asia Eastern Europe.

WTRS: Mobile and fixed WiMAX will supplement communication structures in the developed world, but will truly revolutionize basic technology systems throughout the developing world. The fixed WiMAX boom will come in Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. By 2010 shipments in less developed areas will be twice those in the developed world. WiMAX may prove to be the most significant tool in unleashing rapid vitalization in nascent economies. Chipset sales in 2010 in less developed areas are forecast at $275 million and $154 million in developed countries. Finished products containing those chipsets will of course provide significantly greater gross revenues. But the real importance in these numbers is that in developed countries WiMAX will be an "add on" to existing structures for the foreseeable future, while in the rest of the world WiMAX will essentially be the "first mover" of real technology development.

WiMax Market Trends & Technology Futures Publ 20050517