12:00 - 1:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

The long-awaited WiMAX revolution is finally here, with more than 350 trial and commercial deployments occurring globally. 2008 is shaping up to be a critical year for WiMAX, based on infrastructure buildouts, service provider deployments, and WiMAX-enabled devices just coming to market now. Whether you are an equipment or device manufacturer, service provider, or content/application developer or aggregator, knowing the future of the market means knowing all three worlds, not just your own.

Attendees to this telebriefing will come away with an understanding of how IDC sees the global WiMAX equipment and services market evolving in the coming five years.

• How is WiMAX technology performing today?
• What is the market for WiMAX infrastructure by segment and region and how does this compare with other wireless technologies?
• Which equipment vendors are best positioned to gain market share?
• What business cases have emerged to justify investments in WiMAX infrastructure?
• Where is WiMAX being deployed today and what are the use cases?
• What is the interplay among fixed, nomadic, and mobile WiMAX and what are the usage scenarios for each?
• How does WiMAX fit into the existing broadband services ecosystem?

Session Speakers:

• Godfrey Chua, Research Manager, Wireless and Mobile Infrastructure
• Amy Harris Lind, Research Manager, Consumer Broadband Markets

If you do not subscribe to IDC's services and would like to participate, please contact Michael Shirer at 508-988-7892 or [email protected].

Audio replays of this telebriefing are available to all registered participants the day after the event.