“In a report published on Monday, analyst group Maravedis said that the sub-11 GHz broadband wireless market has grown from $430 million in 2003 to $562 million in 2004, a 30 percent increase. The firm projects that the market will exceed $2 billion by the end of 2009.
The problem, as the firm sees it, is that the equipment costs of WiMAX will compete with those of more advanced 3- and 4G wireless systems, providing similar bandwidth by 2010. At that point, the two technologies will compete on price alone, with Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) costs closing in on under $100 by 2010. ”
