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August 24, 2010

Samsung Leading 4G Revolution Worldwide With Its Commercial Mobile WiMax Solutions

By Madhubanti Rudra
TMCnet Contributor

When it comes to mobile technology, Samsung (News - Alert) Electronics needs no introduction. Through a recent press release, this Korean Electronic giant announced that coverage of the company's 4G Mobile WiMAX (News - Alert) networks can reach 200 million people around the globe. The company also proudly informed that currently more than 3 million Mobile WiMAX 4G subscribers are enjoying super-fast and high-quality broadband wireless services using Samsung technology.

Samsung has presence in 34 countries---13 countries in Asia, 8 countries in Middle East and Africa, 7 countries in Europe and 6 countries in the Americas--- where it provides its field-proven equipment to 56 Mobile WiMAX operators. The company’s clientele includes industry-leading operators such as Clearwire (News - Alert) in US, UQ Communications in Japan and YTL Communications in Malaysia. According to the company officials, Samsung has achieved a strategic foothold and has seen its business expand on each continent.

In 2009, Samsung had already deployed commercial Mobile WiMAX networks, through which it has reached to a population of 150 million with operators in Asia and the America. In 2010, operators are actively putting network roll-out plans into practice. With these initiatives,  Samsung Mobile WiMAX is expected to accommodate more than 300 million populations by end of this year.

Samsung has also taken a leading role in standardization and development of Mobile WiMAX. In April 2010, Samsung and industry's top silicon suppliers, equipment makers and research organizations commenced a new initiative to accelerate the interoperability of the next release of WiMAX technology, WiMAX 2, based upon the IEEE (News - Alert) 802.16m standard.

According to a Samsung estimate, the number of Mobile WiMAX subscribers using its technology exceeded 3 million in July 2010. By the end of the current year, it is expected to touch 8 million mark.

According to industry watchers, several operators will be launching commercial Mobile WiMAX services in the second half of this year. This will add to the numbers of subscribers, Samsung anticipates. According to its prediction, the total number of Mobile WiMAX subscribers across the industry will exceed 20 million in 2010 and 45 million in 2011.

Samsung further predicts that the Mobile WiMAX coverage and number of subscribers will be dramatically increased if India joins the Mobile WiMAX 4G world.

“More than 70 percent of Mobile WiMAX operators are new-comers such as Greenfield operators, Wireless ISPs, Broadcasters and service providers, and they are eager to provide differentiated and innovative services at a low cost. The flexibility of Mobile WiMAX gives these service providers a range of new opportunities because it can be adapted to a variety of devices including handsets, netbooks, tablet PCs, digital cameras as well as a range of consumer electronics,” Woonsub Kim, executive vice president and head of Telecom Systems Business at Samsung Electronics, said.

“Samsung has focused on the development of IP network solutions based on OFDMA technology since 2003 and launched the world's first commercial 4G Mobile WiMAX service in 2006. I strongly believe Samsung is driving the worldwide popularity of Mobile Broadband services using its expertise in mobile technologies,” he further added.


Madhubanti Rudra is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Ed Silverstein


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