LONDON (WiMAX Day). The market for WiMAX equipment, such as base stations, modems and other networks fixtures, grew by 286% in 2006 with total revenue reaching $549.2 million. In a report by Infonetics Research, the strongest grow was in the fourth quarter of 2006 with total equipment sales at $226.5 million.
“2006 was a landmark year for the WiMAX industry, with service provider trials moving to service launch phase in many areas, fixed WiMAX deployments accelerating rapidly in developing countries, and mobile WiMAX products coming to market for the first time,” said Richard Webb, an analyst at Infonetics Research, in a press release.
The report also forecast that the worldwide WiMAX equipment market would increase to $5.6 billion in sales by 2010, with mobile WiMAX sales garnering $3.7 billion.
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