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Research and Markets has announced a new report: Enabling WiMAX Coverage Access Expected To Be the Biggest Challenge for the Emergence of Mobile WiMAX in Consumer Electronics Until 2009. According to a new report the nascent mobile broadband market is primed for the emergence of WiMAX-enabled consumer electronics (CE) devices.

“Opportunities and Risks for Embedding WiMAX in Consumer Electronics” is the first report covering the intersection of WiMAX and CE. The report details the status of WiMAX technologies, services critical to WiMAX success, CE products geared to WiMAX delivery, and manufacturer plans.

Popular consumer electronics devices make media portable and more enjoyable. However, devices like MP3 players and digital cameras require a personal computer to synchronize or transfer media files to and from the Internet. Consumers without an Internet connection and those averse to using a PC have not been able to take advantage of new services. Broadband wireless technologies, such as WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005), are now available so CE devices can interface directly to the Internet without requiring a PC.

“Consumers represent the largest audience for mobile Internet products. They want their home broadband experience without restriction of location. WiMAX is the first wireless WAN protocol built from the ground up for IP networking and is now moving to portable and mobile applications. “The opportunity is now for consumer electronics manufacturers to create their strategy for connecting an assortment of devices to the Internet for any time, any where and high-speed access,” reported Jeff Orr.