USA - Broadband Market - Wireless Broadband - Document Details

The wireless broadband market continued to witness rapid developments during 2007 and 2008. By 2008 the technologies emerging as the major wireless broadband technologies were WiFi and WiMAX. WiFi hotspots continued to open across the country, becoming commonplace in airports, cafes, offices and homes. Although several high profile municipal WiFi projects experienced difficulties, the number of cities and towns with WiFi networks continued to grow. WiMAX received a boost with the ITU’s decision to certify it as a 3G technology, thereby strengthening its position against other cellular 3G services such as HSDPA. In October 2008 Sprint Nextel and Clearwire officially launched their WiMAX network in Baltimore, Maryland. A rapid deployment is essential for WiMAX to establish in the market given the looming competition from Long Term Evolution to which Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless have committed.

1. Synopsis
2. Wireless broadband market
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 700MHz auction
- 2.3 Analysis – 2007 - 2008
- 2.4 White Space Spectrum
3. WiFi (WLAN)
- 3.1 WiFi statistics
- 3.2 Major WiFi hotspot providers
- 3.3 Municipal WiFi
  - 3.3.1 Overview
  - 3.3.2 Muni WiFi analysis – 2007 - 2008
- 3.4 WiFi and cellular convergence
- 3.5 WiFi standards and certification
4. WiMAX
- 4.1 WiMAX market overview
- 4.2 WiMAX Forum
- 4.3 WiMAX and WiFi
- 4.4 WiMAX versus competing 3G and 4G technology
  - 4.4.1 3G/HSDPA
  - 4.4.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE)
5. Satellite broadband
6. Related reports