Friday, August 18, 2006
RUSSIAN FEDERATION BROADBAND & WIMAX MARKET ANALYSIS
RUSSIAN FEDERATION BROADBAND & WIMAX MARKET ANALYSIS
Forecasts for 2006-2010
The Russian economy is flourishing and demand is quickly outpacing the supply of the telecommunications services provided by legacy wired telecommunication infrastructure built during the communist era. This new 100-pages report, the second of a series that includes reports on Brazil and India, provides an in-depth review of the broadband wireless and WiMAX markets and regulatory activity taking place in Russia. In the context of increased international WiMAX activity, how does the Russian market stand? How large will the pie become by 2010?
What are the obstacles still ahead of large scale deployments?: Maravedis predicts a consolidation among the current 200 BWA service providers active in the country. The report includes profiles of the Top 10 service providers in Russia and concludes that the most active players will be companies with deep pockets that belong to one of three major holdings in Russia, namely Alfa, Sistema and Telekom Invest which control both fixed and mobile service providers. However shortage of spectrum and very stringent regulation for equipment and licensing are serious obstacles for massive adoption of broadband wireless and WiMAX in Russia. For WiMAX to prosper in Russia, frequency bands in the 2 GHz range (2.3-2.4 and/or 2.5-2.7GHz) must be made available to commercial operators.
Forecasts for 2006-2010
The Russian economy is flourishing and demand is quickly outpacing the supply of the telecommunications services provided by legacy wired telecommunication infrastructure built during the communist era. This new 100-pages report, the second of a series that includes reports on Brazil and India, provides an in-depth review of the broadband wireless and WiMAX markets and regulatory activity taking place in Russia. In the context of increased international WiMAX activity, how does the Russian market stand? How large will the pie become by 2010?
What are the obstacles still ahead of large scale deployments?: Maravedis predicts a consolidation among the current 200 BWA service providers active in the country. The report includes profiles of the Top 10 service providers in Russia and concludes that the most active players will be companies with deep pockets that belong to one of three major holdings in Russia, namely Alfa, Sistema and Telekom Invest which control both fixed and mobile service providers. However shortage of spectrum and very stringent regulation for equipment and licensing are serious obstacles for massive adoption of broadband wireless and WiMAX in Russia. For WiMAX to prosper in Russia, frequency bands in the 2 GHz range (2.3-2.4 and/or 2.5-2.7GHz) must be made available to commercial operators.
# posted by Eric Frost @ 9:20 AM 
