The paper analyses the implications of this new technology on the competitive landscape and business models in the region.
WiMAX, an IP (Internet Protocol) standard-based wireless access technology represents a new, more cost efficient way to provide broadband services to end-users.
"We believe this technology will be very attractive to operators in the region since it will allow them to un-tap portions of the market that so far have not been served because their business case was not profitable," comments Federico Membrillera, Partner at Delta Partners.
"In addition, Wimax will bring new competitors to the fixed line space and will unlock nothing less than a true broadband revolution. It will put the Middle East right up there with western markets - in a same way as it happened with mobile telephony."
The region has recently seen established fixed and mobile players, as well as new entrants analyzing this new technology, asking themselves the question: "threat or opportunity?"
It is not only a new technology that allows players to tap the broadband opportunity more profitably. WIMAX represents a business opportunity to fits right in with some of the main strategic questions the telecom industry is dealing with, like the convergence between fixed and mobile services. Eventually it will also facilitate competition with mobile operators as full mobility on Wimax will become a technical and regulatory reality. "Having a clear vision on these topics right from the beginning will separate winners from losers," comments Membrillera.
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- United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, December 04 - 2007 at 14:07
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Delta Partners, the leading management advisory and investment firm specialized in telecoms within the Middle East and Africa, has just released a white paper entitled: Delivering Broadband - WiMAX in the Middle East.'
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