Sam: I'm interested in verifying those statistics too because my understanding is the "WIMax Plugfests" are still going on and most of the equipment being installed is "preWiMax:" albeit in the 802.16 (d) flavor. I will post to the www.wimax.com blog and find out. I know many of the guys on the webserv.
Carl - are you giving a presentation on WiMax? Seems like there are some "subject matter experts" or "knowlegable" people who participate on this listserv who can help you. Felix A. Lopez Wireless Practitioner --- Sam Tetherow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone confirm 232,000 WiMAX customers for > Clearwire? I could > believe total customers, but I would think that the > majority of those > would be using NextNet equipment and not WiMax. > > Sam Tetherow > Sandhills Wireless > > Felix A. Lopez wrote: > > Carl, Regarding your question, my understanding > is a > > few of us wireless practioneers blog on various > wimax > > sites in relation to WISP and enterprise. My > subject > > matter expertise relates to utility applicaitons > and > > munis. Many of these sectors are evaluating WiMax > and > > WiFi for certain mobile and connectivity > appilcations > > - mobile workforce, utility metering, SCADA, IP > > enabled utility services. But for For genral > > information on installations, take a look at the > > following study provided by Maravedis at > www.wimax.com > > Please note my quotation marks in respect to the > > author of the report: Adelane Fellah, CEO and > founder > > of Maravedis: > > > > "By the end of Q1 2007, the 110 operators in our > > (Maravedis) industry-leading WiMAXCounts Ã-- > theWiMAX > > Operators Tracking Service Ã-- accounted for > nearly 1 > > million WiMAX subscribers. A total of 150,000 > > subscribers were added over the first quarter of > 2007, > > for 17.5% quarterly growth. The year-over-year > growth > > in Q1 2007 was 85%. > > > > The United States, Spain, and Australia are the > top > > three countries in number of subscribers. In Q1 > 2007 > > they had 0.5 million WiMAX subscribers. The > operators > > with the most WiMAX subscribers within a single > region > > in Q1 2007 are Clearwire (US), with a customer > base of > > 232,000; Unwired Australia, with more than 63,500; > > Iberbanda (Spain), with over 40,000; and MVS > Mexico > > (ClearwireÃ's partner in Mexico), with 35,000 > (this > > last figure is from Q4 2006). > > > > > http://www.wimax.com/commentary/blog/blog-2007/a-paranoid-industry > > > > Felix Lopez > > Wireless Practioneer > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let > the WISPA Board know your feelings about allowing > advertisements on the free WISPA lists. The current > Board is taking this under consideration at this > time. We want to know your thoughts. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let the WISPA Board know your feelings about allowing advertisements on the free WISPA lists. The current Board is taking this under consideration at this time. We want to know your thoughts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
