Led by India, WiMAX growing fast

WiMAX is only now getting some traction in the U.S., thanks to rollouts by Clearwire, but overseas the wireless broadband technology is actually growing at a rapid clip. According to Infonetics, a market research company, WiMAX is gaining traction in India, Russia and Brazil, primarily because carriers there see it as a way to provide basic broadband and VoIP-based voice service.

In countries where telecom services yield a low average revenue per user (ARPU), WiMAX is getting traction largely because it’s cheaper to deploy compared to a fixed-line infrastructure. Most of these countries also have very low telecom density. Some interesting facts from Infonetics’ report...