该项报告是由Forward Concepts公司宣布的，是关于无线局域网（WLAN）和微波访问（WIMAX）设备和芯片市场的全球互用性的一项新的深入的研究。“Beyond Wi-Fi: 802.11n, VoWi-Fi & WiMAX”报告是专门设计为全球设备和芯片市场提供全面和综合的分析。
在考察众多涉及无线局域网（WLAN）和微波访问（WIMAX）市场的公司及其产品的基础上，该报告提供了从现在到2009年对市场所有领域的详细预测，包括接入点和基站（WIMAX）、局域网接入卡件（NICS）、无线路由器网关以及启动整个无线局域网与微波访问网的芯片集，还提供了每个市场领域的平均销售价格和总体收入等各种预测。
报告的作者Carter Horney先生表示，“这个不断增长的无线局域网（WLAN）市场其实是一个传统的例子-市场怎样能够在成本和价格随着透明度的增减曲线而持续发展，开发更多新的应用和机会。当然，尽管预测的平均销售价格23%略有下降，全球的无线局域网（WLAN）设备产品的出货量将会在2005年增加6%，达到52亿美元的水平。
报告同时也预测，无线局域网（WLAN）设备需求量会在2006年继续以较高的幅度增长，并达到59亿美元的水平。
报告里预测，WiMAX 和 pre-WiMAX的设备需求（包括802.16d和802.16e）将会从2005年的7千2百万美元上升到2009年20亿美元，年增长率达13%。
报告的作者Carter Horney先生又表示，“我们把WiMAX看作是Wi-Fi 和 3G Cellular的补充，稳定的802.16d系统可以为DSL或者电缆无法到达的Wi-Fi热点提供骨干网。当802.16e提供一个移动的WiMAX容量的时候，它会增加Wi-Fi的基础设施并会保持长达几年的优势。
在此之前的观点曾经认为WiMAX会对3G有一定的威胁，但是现在蜂窝设备卖家（例如NOKIA）都认为WiMAX将会是一个补充。
纯粹的WiMAX芯片集（以802.16d-适应性固定操作的单元开始）在2005年的出货量预计将会带来5千4百万的收入。然而移动802.16e芯片集将于明年推出样品，整个芯片集的市场预测将以209%的年增长率发展，到2009年将会达到4亿8千9百万美元。
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Report: WLAN equipment market will continue growing in 2006
Sept. 8, 2005 - Forward Concepts says market will continue to expand as costs and prices ride down the learning curve.The wireless LAN equipment market will continue growing at a higher rate in 2006, according to a new report.
The report has been announced by Forward Concepts. It is a new in-depth study of the wireless LAN (WLAN) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) equipment and chip markets. The report, "Beyond Wi-Fi: 802.11n, VoWi-Fi & WiMAX," is designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of worldwide equipment and chip markets.
Based on product reviews and interviews with numerous companies involved in the WLAN and WiMAX markets, the report provides detailed forecasts through 2009 of all market segments, including access points and base stations (WiMAX), Network Interface Cards (NICs), wireless router gateways and the chipsets enabling the entire WLAN and WiMAX networks. Units, average selling prices and total revenue are forecast for every market segment.
"The growing WLAN market is a classic example of how a market can continue to expand as costs and prices ride down the learning curve, opening up new applications and market opportunities," says Carter Horney, the author of the report. "Specifically, in spite of a predicted 23% average selling price drop, worldwide shipments of WLAN equipment products will increase 6% to the $5.2 billion level in 2005."
The report also predicts that WLAN equipment will continue growing at a higher rate in 2006 to the $5.9 billion level.
In the report, the WiMAX and pre-WiMAX equipment market (including both 802.16d and 802.16e) is forecast to grow from $72 million in 2005 to just over $2 billion in 2009, for an annual compound growth rate of 130%.
"We view WiMAX as complementary to both Wi-Fi and 3G Cellular," Horney continues. "Fixed 802.16d systems can provide backbones for Wi-Fi hotspots where DSL or cable is unavailable or impractical. When emerging 802.16e provides a mobility WiMAX capability, it will augment the Wi-Fi infrastructure that will remain dominant for several years."
Early views were that mobile WiMAX would be a threat to 3G, but now cellular equipment vendors such as Nokia are saying that WIMAX will be complementary.
Pure WiMAX chipsets, beginning with 802.16d-compliant fixed-operation units, are beginning to ship in 2005 for estimated revenues of $5.4 million. However, mobility-capable 802.16e chipsets will begin sampling next year and the combined chip market is forecast to grow at a 209% compound annual growth rate to $489 million in 2009.
Forward Concepts is based in Tempe, AZ. For more information visit www.fwdconcepts.com . Forward Concepts
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