According to InStat analyst Daryl Schoolar, "While much of the WiMAX industry's focus has been on ultra mobile devices, which still remains a few years away, these findings show there are real opportunities for WiMAX based on what it can deliver today. WiMAX's ability to support nomadic services with laptop cards and USB devices will become a reality this year. Combining that nomadic ability with its fixed capabilities will give WiMAX service providers a way to differentiate their broadband services from what is currently available."
The purpose of the survey was to see what attributes consumer and business respondents look for when selecting a wireless broadband data provider, their interest in bundling wireless broadband with their existing broadband service, and their preference for different wireless broadband services, the analyst firm said. Among its other conclusions, the report notes that over 50 percent of the survey respondents would change their current home broadband provider for one that bundles wireless with a home broadband service.
Nearly two-thirds (65.5 percent) of the survey's respondents had previous experience with wireless broadband services, In-Stat noted.
Priced at $2,995, "End-Users Prefer WiMAX" covers the market for wireless broadband services, and includes results from and analysis of a February 2007 survey of primarily U.S. consumers. Further details on the report are available
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