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Indian WiMAX market to touch 
52,000 Crore by 2012
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 16:54 IST |
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New Delhi: Indian wireless broadband market is likely to reach at 
52,000 crore by 2012, identifying high potential of Indian market technology companies are speeding up measures to launch Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) in India in a big way, reported The Hindu.
C. S. Rao, Chairman, WiMAX Forum (an industry-led, not-for-profit organisation formed to certify and promote the technology) India Chapter, said, "The Indian WiMAX market including devices will be worth $13 billion (52,000 crore) in 2012. This market projection takes into account 2.75 crore WiMAX users, or 1.9 crore WiMAX subscribers in 2012,"
Major WiMAX players such as Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Huawei and Samsung are planning to set up shops in India. "Soon we will see WiMAX embedded notebook and other gadgets flooding the Indian market. The Government has already announced its rollout by this year-end; and within a year, the entire country is likely to be covered," Rao added.
In India, WiMAX represents a win-win proposition, benefiting network operators and subscribers at the same time. Broadband penetration being low, the opportunity for operators to gain large numbers of subscribers through WiMAX is incredible.
Rao also said,"Any service provider with innovative service offerings, attractive devices and go-to-market plans that maximize the utility offered by WiMAX technology to price-sensitive Indian customers can use this ready and proven technology to quickly gain market share."
"With the recent regulatory decisions, India has now joined other major developed nations like the U.S. and Japan, besides Korea, Taiwan and Russia in freeing up prime spectrum for mobile WiMAX deployments, which would proliferate the use of this technology. The major rollouts of WiMAX technology in India will have a tremendous positive effect on the economy as it will greatly increase economic productivity by laying the groundwork for important initiatives, such as distance learning, telemedicine and e-governance," he mentioned.
52,000 crore by 2012, identifying high potential of Indian market technology companies are speeding up measures to launch Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) in India in a big way, reported The Hindu.
C. S. Rao, Chairman, WiMAX Forum (an industry-led, not-for-profit organisation formed to certify and promote the technology) India Chapter, said, "The Indian WiMAX market including devices will be worth $13 billion (52,000 crore) in 2012. This market projection takes into account 2.75 crore WiMAX users, or 1.9 crore WiMAX subscribers in 2012,"
Major WiMAX players such as Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Huawei and Samsung are planning to set up shops in India. "Soon we will see WiMAX embedded notebook and other gadgets flooding the Indian market. The Government has already announced its rollout by this year-end; and within a year, the entire country is likely to be covered," Rao added.
In India, WiMAX represents a win-win proposition, benefiting network operators and subscribers at the same time. Broadband penetration being low, the opportunity for operators to gain large numbers of subscribers through WiMAX is incredible.
Rao also said,"Any service provider with innovative service offerings, attractive devices and go-to-market plans that maximize the utility offered by WiMAX technology to price-sensitive Indian customers can use this ready and proven technology to quickly gain market share."
"With the recent regulatory decisions, India has now joined other major developed nations like the U.S. and Japan, besides Korea, Taiwan and Russia in freeing up prime spectrum for mobile WiMAX deployments, which would proliferate the use of this technology. The major rollouts of WiMAX technology in India will have a tremendous positive effect on the economy as it will greatly increase economic productivity by laying the groundwork for important initiatives, such as distance learning, telemedicine and e-governance," he mentioned.