WiMAX laptop clients and embedded mobile PCs drive the device market: "“WiMAX will grow by meeting pent-up demand and offering users a lower cost alternative to existing services,” says Daryl Schoolar, In-Stat analyst. “There will be different classes of operator control over devices. Despite what some technology advocates have said, not all WiMAX devices will follow the Wi-Fi model of full consumer ownership and control.”
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
- Annual WiMAX device shipments will break the 10 million mark in 2010.
- Future trends with WiMAX devices are multi-band radios and chipsets that support both LTE and WiMAX.
- Challenges to WiMAX device growth are current 3G services, LTE, and the current economic climate."