BWA/WiMAX Adoption In India Will Depend On Low Cost End-To-End Pricing For Connectivity

Dublin, Ireland -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of India Broadband Wireless and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecasts: 2006-2012 to their offering.

This study provides a detailed review of current regulatory and overall wireless market trends in India.

Broadband services were launched in India in 2005. ADSL services now cover 300 towns with 1.5 million connections while broadband wireless subscriber figures are still negligible. In a country where monthly broadband ARPU is estimated at $8-10, and computer penetration is still at around 4%, BWA / WiMAX adoption will depend on very low cost end-to-end pricing for connectivity including the compute platform and CPE. The Indian telecom sector operates in a volume-driven market. If WiMAX is to succeed it will only be on the premise of huge volumes not, small deployments.

SOURCE: Research and Markets