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(keitai-l) Re: Wimax prognostication..

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 12/13/04
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.58.0412131048590.597_at_angelic-vtfw.cvpn.cynic.net>
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, nick may wrote:

> "TelecomView estimates that WiMAX will capture more than 40 per cent of
> the wireless broadband market, leaving 3G with less than 60 per cent in
> 2009."

And how big is this "wireless broadband market" right now? Not very.

> Question: what is the state/status of Wimax in Japan? Are there any
> wrinkles?

Spectrum licencing could be a big issue. What sort of WiMAX services
become available depends greatly on who get the licences and what they
do with them.

cjs
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Curt Sampson  <cjs_at_cynic.net>   +81 90 7737 2974

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Received on Mon Dec 13 03:51:59 2004