WiMAX to Hold a $36.4 Billion Market in US Enterprises Telecommunications Services by 2013

WiMAX to Hold a $36.4 Billion Market in US Enterprises Telecommunications Services by 2013

Research and Markets has announced the addition of WiMAX in the Enterprise: Access, Applications and Affordability to their offering.

WiMAX will change the way enterprises view telecommunications. Telecom companies must service the customer in this new environment or some one else will. Customers could start demanding lower prices, or they'll turn to a new WiMAX operator or set up their own private network using WiMAX equipment. The technology gives businesses the ability to virtually manage their workforce and add and remove new services and applications quickly.

This publication evaluates the deployment of a WiMAX network for an enterprise in terms of the author's unique analysis methodology of the "Three A's of WiMAX deployment", which are: Access, Affordability and Applications. Access refers to how an enterprise employee might access the Internet or corporate intranet. Internet skills are critical in the job market of 2007 and will be even more so in 2020. Affordability means bringing wireless broadband internet/intranet access to all employees may be surprisingly affordable. Compared to the telephone company's T1, the cost per megabit per employee for WiMAX services is very competitive. In terms of Applications, wireless broadband access and mobile computing come together via WiMAX to offer the enterprise a range of applications limited only by the imagination of enterprise leadership.

This publication explores how WiMAX will change enterprise telecommunications in terms of access, applications and affordability. This matrix ultimately points to WiMAX holding a $36.4 billion market in US enterprises telecommunications services by 2013.

Target Audience for Publication:

-Incumbent telecom operators

-WiMAX solution providers

-Vendors for WiMAX and/or the enterprise industries

-Enterprise personnel responsible for computing and communications

-Investors in the WiMAX space and/or enterprise automation

Content Outline:

3 A's of WiMAX in the Enterprise

Introduction: WiMAX, Enterprise Telecommunications and The Next Telecom Boom

XOHMTMThe Disruptor

The 3 A's of the WiMAX-enabled Enterprise

Access

IMS Vision

The Impact of WiMAX on Enterprise Connectivity

Why WiMAX as access technology?

Objections to WiMAX

WiMAX is not Wi-Fi

WiMAX Components

WiMAX Base Stations

Outdoor CPE

Indoor CPE

USB, Laptop card or similar

Femtocells

Relationship of WiMAX Range and Throughput for Enterprise Applications

Link budget

Limitations of the laptop

MIMO

MIMO as interference mitigating technology

Adaptive Antenna System (AAS) as Interference Mitigation Technology

Why 3G cannot compete with WiMAX

Fixed vs Mobile WiMAX

Why backhaul is important

Wireless Backhaul Considerations

Comparisons with Fiber

Spectrum Considerations

Access Conclusion

Applications

Relationship of Connectivity and Productivity

Applications: Generic

T1/DS3 Substitute = converged voice + data

Voice (telephony): the "killer app" for WiMAX

Disaster Recovery

Combating high telecom costs and/or Building Diversity

Applications: Specific-Industry Verticals

Retail

Banking

Healthcare

Transportation

Utilities

Case study: City of Corpus Christi

Agriculture

Construction

Petroleum/Energy

Applications Conclusion

Affordability: WiMAX in the Enterprise

Service provider or "roll-your-own"?

Savings on Existing Expenditures

Strategies: A) subscribe from WiMAX service provider or

B) Deploy own enterprise network

Custom Built WiMAX Network for Enterprise Private Use

Base Station and Enterprise Density

Summary Affording WiMAX

Conclusion and Projections

"Landline migration" to "T1 migration"

Clearwire: a portent of things to come

Assumptions

Tables and Figures

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