The increases are mostly due to mounting shipments of WiMAX CPE units, indicating service providers with WiMAX networks are driving subscriber growth.

Swells in the WiMAX market are forecast to continue as WiMAX evolves from a fixed-only solution to both a fixed and mobile solution.

In 2007, we expect mobile WiMAX (802.16e) products to reach the market, generating a spike in growth in the overall WiMAX market," said Richard Webb, analyst at Infonetics Research. "After that, WiMAX will become an established technology offered by most major mobile network equipment vendors as a complementary technology to 3G, mesh, and WiFi networks. From late 2007, 802.16e PCs should be available, at which point 802.16e base stations will likely start outselling 802.16d products."

Source: Market Wire