WiMAX in India Market and Industry Development

India has not been able to replicate in its broadband wireless market the same vigorous growth that it has seen in it mobile telecom market. In 2004 India' s Department of Telecommunications issued broadband regulations and expanded licensing, moves aimed at lowering local loop prices for fixed networks and promoting broadband growth. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India also plans to open wireless broadband frequencies, and plans to allocate the 700MHz, 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 3.3GHz, 3.5GHz, 5.8GHz frequencies for WiMAX applications, giving WiMAX its own niche in India' s broadband market. India' s software companies are also expanding into WiMAX technology. Numerous Indian companies are already jointly developing WiMAX chip software and systems with international chip makers. This report analyzes India' s WiMAX market and industry development.

The focus region of this report is India. The report analyzes the Indian WiMAX market and industry, key telecom companies' development, and opportunities for telecom companies to enter the WiMAX services market. Development trends in the Indian software and hardware industries are also examined.