Market Studies
Wireless Access 2000 Wireless Access 2000; LMDS, MMDS, and the Unlicensed Bands

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Overview:
The new report IGI Consulting (IGIC), "Wireless Access 2000" , forecasts that LMDS, MMDS, and Unlicensed Subscriber revenue will exceed $17 billion by 2005, up from $800 million in 2000, a precedent-setting growth rate matched only by the explosive growth of the television in the 1940s. "Wireless Access 2000" contains over 30 tables and forecasts, and analyzes critical issues such as the spread spectrum debate in the unlicensed bands and the battle of the duplexing schemes in the millimeter wave bands.

The report takes an in-depth look at the competing technologies: xDSL, Cable Modem, Satellite, and FTTB, as well as the internal competitors such as Fiberless Optics, 3G Technologies, and AT&T’s Project Angel. The report also provides analysis of the regulatory environment, the upcoming changes in the 802.11 standard, and the urban and rural marketplace, it provides over 75 service provider and supplier profiles.

Table of Contents

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0.0 Executive Summary
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Scope of this Study
3.0 Broadband Defined

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Section 4.0 The Broadband Wireless Market
4.1Market Drivers

  • B2B - Business to Business e-commerce
  • B2C - Business to Consumer e-commerce
  • The Application Service Provider Market
  • Home Networks
  • Enterprise Networks
  • Distance Learning/Corporate Training
  • Other Market Drivers

4.1.1 Opportunities for Fixed Wireless Operators

  • The Small and Medium-Sized Business Market
  • The Urban Enterprise Market
  • Multi-Tenant Units
  • Industrial Parks/Campus Environments
  • The Residential Market
  • Other Applications Available

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5.0 Fixed Wireless Spectrum
5.1 The Unlicensed Bands

  • The FCC’s Role in the Unlicensed Bands
  • The FCC’s Future Unlicensed Developments
  • The 900 MHz Band
  • The 2.4 GHz Band
  • The 5 GHz Band

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6.0 - Fixed Wireless Architecture
6.1 Modulation Techniques in the Unlicensed Bands

  • DSSS vs FHSS
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
  • Duplexing Schemes

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7.0 Unlicensed Wireless ISPs

  • Airwire.net
  • Clearwire
  • Fuzion Wireless
  • Global Pacific Wireless
  • Nobell Communications
  • Netbeam
  • PSINet
  • UB Networks
  • Worknet

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8.0 Multipoint Multichannel Distribution System
8.1 Changing Business Models
8.2 Utilizing the MMDS Spectrum

  • 8.2.1 Modulation Schemes
  • QPSK and QAM
  • Wireless DOCSIS

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8.3 MMDS Service Providers

  • Alaska Wireless Cable
  • American Rural Television
  • American Telecasting, Inc.
  • CAI Wireless Systems, Inc.
  • MCI WorldCom’s Wireless Internet Trials
  • Nucentrix Wireless
  • Ohio Valley Cable
  • Quadra Vision Digital Television
  • Sioux Valley Wireless Cable
  • Sprint’s Broadband Direct Service
  • Wireless First

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9.0 Millimeter Wave Bands
9.1 Local Multipoint Distribution Service

  • The Digital Electronic Message Service (DEMS)
  • The 38 and 39 GHz Bands

9.2 The Architecture

  • Modulation Schemes
  • Duplexing Schemes
  • Access Schemes

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9.3 LMDS Operators

  • Adelphia Business Solutions
  • Advanced Radio Telecom (ART)
  • CenturyTel
  • CoServ Broadband
  • HighSpeed.com
  • NextLink Communications
  • Prime Companies
  • Teligent
  • Touch America
  • Virginia Tech
  • WinStar

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10.0 Additional Service Providers and Wireless Technologies - 10.1 AT&T’s Project Angel
10.2 Fiberless Optics

  • AirFiber
  • Terabeam

10.3 Metricom

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11.0 Upcoming FCC Activity
11.1 The 4.9 GHz Auction
11.2The 700 MHz Auction

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12.0 Broadband Wireless Market Forecasts
12.1 Unlicensed Subscriber Revenue in the US
12.2 MMDS Subscriber Revenue
12.3 LMDS Subscriber Revenue
12.4 Obstacles to Growth

  • Wireless Negatives
  • Interference Issues
  • The Competitive Landscape
    • xDSL
      • The xDSL Market
    • Cable Modems
      • Upgrading the Cable Plant
    • Satellites
    • Fiber to the Building/Home

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13.0 Standards Bodies and Associations
13.1 The IEEE

  • The 802.11 Standard
  • The 802.16 Broadband Working Group

13.2 The European Telecommunications Standards Institute

  • HiperLAN1
  • HiperLAN2
  • HiperAccess
  • HiperLink

13.3 The Broadband Wireless Association
13.4 The Wireless Communications Association International
13.5 The Wireless LAN Association
13.6 The National Wireless Electronic Systems Testbed
13.7 Multimedia Mobile Access Communication System
13.8 Home RF Working Group
13.9 Cisco’s VOFDM Consortium
13.10 Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
13.11 The OFDM Forum
13.12 The Wireless DSL Consortium
13.13 The Broadband Content Delivery Forum
13.14 The Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum

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14.0 Supplier Profiles
14.1 Unlicensed Suppliers

  • Airdata Wiman Systems
  • Adaptive Broadband
  • Aironet
  • BreezeCom
  • Cabletron
  • C-Spec
  • Lucent Technologies
  • Nokia/Rooftop Networks
  • Proxim
  • RadioLAN
  • Wave Wireless Networking
  • WaveRider Communications
  • Wi-LAN

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14.2 MMDS Suppliers

  • ADC Telecommunications
  • AML Wireless Systems
  • Cisco
  • Emcee Broadcast Products
  • Gigabit Wireless
  • Hybrid Networks
  • Spike Technologies
  • Vyyo

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14.3 Millimeter Wave Band Suppliers

  • Alcatel
  • DMC Stratex Networks
  • Ensemble Communications
  • Ericsson
  • Floware
  • Giganet
  • Harris Corporation
  • Hughes Network Systems
  • Marconi
  • NEC America
  • Netro Corporation
  • Nortel Networks
  • P-COM
  • SierraCom
  • SpectraPoint
  • Siemens
  • Triton Network Systems
  • Wavtrace
  • WinNet
  • Western Multiplex
  • Wytec

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14.4 Antenna Suppliers

  • Andrew Corporation
  • California Amplifier
  • Endwave
  • Radio Frequency Systems
  • Radio Waves
  • Wireless Online

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14.5 Additional Suppliers/Components/Subsystems

  • Belstar
  • Digital Transmission Systems
  • EDX Engineering
  • ioWave
  • Remec
  • Microwave Filter Company
  • Southwest Microwave
  • Telaxis
  • Thomcast
  • Times Microwave
  • TranSystem
  • Unique Broadband Systems
  • Wavecom Electronics

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15.0 Additional LMDS License Holders

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Select the chapter(s) you would like from the list below and press the 'order selected chapters' button. see Table of contents for contents of each chapter

0.0-3.0 Executive Summary info $125
4.0 The Broadband Wireless Market info $1000
5.0 Fixed Wireless Spectrum info $400
6.0 Fixed Wireless Architecture info $350
7.0 Unlicensed Wireless ISPs info $500
8.0 Multipoint Multichannel Distribution System info $400
8.3 MMDS Service Providers info $1500
9.0 Millimeter Wave Bands info $400
9.3 LMDS Operators info $600
10.0 Additional Providers & Technologies info $350
11.0 Upcoming FCC Activity info $350
12.0 Broadband Wireless Market Forecasts info $1500
13.0 Standards Bodies and Associations info $350
14.0 Supplier Profiles info $350
14.2 MMDS Suppliers info $350
14.3 Millimeter Wave Band Suppliers info $350
14.4 Antenna Suppliers info $350
14.5 Additional Suppliers / Components / Subsystems info $350
15.0 Additional LMDS License Holders info $350