• Is WLL an enabling technology or an interim solution while fiber waits for its time?
• What does WLL actually stand for - is it a technology or a vague and incomplete concept?
• Is it actually ever likely to be profitable to suppliers and vendors? Find out the answers to this and other questions in this new report.

It includes:

• The most complete analysis on trails and implementations worldwide.
• A full discussion of the standards and concepts of WLL
• A forecast of numbers of worldwide connections from 1995-2005, broken down by major country and region.

Who Should be Interested in this Report?

Table of Contents

Introduction

• Methodology
• The Concept of WLL as a Passing Phase
• Scope and Focus of the Report
• WLL Categories
Point to Point, Point to Multipoint, Cellular, Microcellular, Zonal and most recently Satellite
• Cost/Volume
• WLL Takeoff Seems Somewhat Delayed
• Summary

Trials and Commercial Implementations
• Global Activity Estimates

ALBANIA
ARGENTINA
BANGLADESH
BENIN
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
BURKINA FASO
CAMBODIA
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
GUATEMALA
HONG KONG
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
ISRAEL
ITALY
IVORY COAST
JAMAICA
JORDAN
LATVIA
LEBANON
LITHUANIA
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
NIGERIA
NORWAY
PARAGUAY
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SINGAPORE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH KOREA
CDMA AND PHS
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TATARSTAN
TAIWAN
TOGO
TUNISIA
UK
UKRAINE
US
UZBEKISTAN
VIETNAM
ZAMBIA
• Summary

Applications

• Foreword
• Backlog Elimination
• Rural Solutions
• High Density
• Difficult Topography
• Naturally Hostile Environments
• Socially Hostile Environments
• Temporary Usage
• Wayleave Issue
• High speed Deployment
• Fast Financial Return
• License Limitations
• Capacity/Uncertain Demand
• Changing Requirements
• Low Cost
• Reusable
Vendors
• ADC Telecommunications
• Alcatel
• Allen Telecom
• AT&T (Lucent Technologies)
• Comsat
• Cylink
• DIAX, Denmark
• Diva Communications
• DSC Communications Corporation
• Ericsson
• Harris
• Hughes Network Systems
• Hyundai
• Ionica
• LG Electronics
• Maxon (S. Korea)
• Motorola
• NEC
• Nortel
• Nokia
• Orbitel
• Philips/TRT
• Phoenix Wireless Group
• Qualcomm
• Samsung
• Siemens
• SR Telecom
• Tadiran
• Telular
• Texas Instruments
Standards
• AMPS ( Advanced Mobile Phone System)
• NAMPS (Narrowband AMPS)
• DAMPS (Digital AMPS)
• CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
• The Outlook for CDMA and its Competition with GSM
• Regional Technology Support
Hong Kong
South Korea
Japan
Singapore
Thailand
Taiwan
China
Indonesia
Russia
US
Other
• Main Vendor Viewpoints
CT2 (864-868 MHz)
DECT
DCS1800 (Essentially a doubled frequency version of 900MHz GSM)
DCS1900 (A slightly higher frequency version of DCS1800 used in the US)
GSM-900 MHz
NMT: 450MHz and 900MHz
PACS
PHS: 1.9GHz
PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)
TACS (Total Access Communications System)
ETACS (Extended TACS)
JTACS (Japanese version of TACS)
PCS (Personal Communications Services)
PCN (Personal Communications Network)
PCS Status
• Europe
UK
Germany
Switzerland
France
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Finland
• Southeast Asia
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
South Korea
UD
Latin America
Chile
UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service)
European Standards
Other
Technology
• Foreword
• CDMA
• Cordless
• Spread Spectrum
• Analog vs. Digital
• LMDS (Local Multipoint Distributed Service)
• Architectures
• Fixed Cellular
• Wireless Drop
• Microwave Point to Point (Line of sight)
• Microwave Point to Multipoint (Line of sight)
• Wireless Fixed Access
• Frequency Issues
Global (1)
Global (2)
US (1)
US (2)
US (3)
Summary of US Situation
France
Semiconductor Supply
• Relationship of SC Cost to Equipment/System Price
• Major Suppliers to the Global Telecommunications Sector
Alcatel
AMD
AT&T
NSC
Pacific Communications Sciences Inc.
Rockwell
Siemens
Stanford Telecommunications
STM (SGS Thomson Microelect)
• VLSI
Costs
Summary and Issues
• Why is the WLL Market Not Moving Faster?
• The Arguments between CDMA and GSM
• Top 10 Countries
Table 1
• Competitive Positions
Table 2
Forecasts
• Methodology
• “The barriers to growth seem quite low...”
• Technical
• Operational
• Marketing
• “However, there are some unusual aspects of this market suggesting caution...”
• Other Competitive Forecasts
Table 3
Graphs
• Top 10 Countries by Subscriber Links
• Comparative Forecasts by Subscriber Links
Addendum
• Global Satellites
• Preamble
ACes (Asean Cellular Systems)
Astrolink
EAST (Euro African Satellite Communications)
Globalstar (San Jose)
ICO Global Communications
(ICOGC) (INMARSAT London)
Intersputnik
Iridium
Odyssey
Teledesic
Planet 1
• Mobile Satellite Issues
• Regulation
• Service Providers
• Market
• Capacity
• Competition

TOP