WiMax Numbers

Infonetics Research's latest WiMAX and Outdoor Mesh Network Equipment report says that 'radio access networks' (they call them RANs) had an overall jump in sales of 20% to $8.9 billion from Q1 to Q2 of this year. WiMax by itself was up 107% to $141 million. They expect RAN growth to continue through 2009, fueled mainly by the sales of Wi-Fi switches and controllers. Look for WiMax sales to go to $3 billion by 2009, with more than two-thirds of the equipment revenue from the sale of customer premises equipment (CPE). 40% of that will be in the Asia Pacific region; North America will account for only 17%.