Research and Markets has announced the addition of BWA/WiMAX Brazilian Market Analysis to their offering. There will be 768,000 accumulated BWA/WIMAX subscribers in Brazil by 2010, of which two-thirds will be WiMAX, according to the latest report, titled "BWA/WiMAX Brazilian Market Analysis." This new report, the first of a series that will include reports on Russia, India and other countries, provides an in-depth review of the broadband wireless and WiMAX markets and regulatory activity taking place in Brazil.

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"Approximately 70% of those accumulated WiMAX subscribers will be residential mobile users, while fixed WiMAX will continue to be driven by large and SME customers," explained Eduardo Prado and Adlane Fellah, co-authors of the report.

The Brazilian players are anxiously awaiting the new 3.5 GHz auction to start sometime in July, before federal elections due in October. Bidders will want either to expand their current coverage areas or to enter the WiMAX arena. Moreover, positive regulatory changes in the 2.5 GHz band will open the WiMAX market starting 2007.

We predict that the most active players will be companies with deep pockets such as Telemar, Brazil Telecom, Embratel and Telefonica, who are thoroughly testing the technology and crafting their business plans.

"Overall, the total accumulated equipment market size for BWA/WiMAX in Brazil will represent a lucrative U.S. $300 million by 2010, which makes Brazil a key market for BWA/WiMAX vendors for the years to come," Fellah added. In 2005, the BWA equipment market opportunity was a mere U.S. $6 million, dominated by deployments of unlicensed 5.8 GHz equipment by WISPs and corporate users. However, we believe that with the upcoming auction, the certification of new equipment, and lower-cost equipment, the annual 3.5 GHz equipment opportunity will increase from U.S. $1 million in 2005 to U.S. $33 million in 2010.

The 2.5 GHz market opportunity will also become substantial, with shipments projected at U.S. $31 million by 2010. Overall, the total accumulated equipment market for BWA/WiMAX in Brazil should reach U.S. $300 million by 2010, which makes Brazil a key market for BWA/WiMAX vendors for years to come.

With regard to BWA/WiMAX, we project an accumulated 768,000 subscribers by 2010 among residential and business users. WiMAX subscribers should represent two-thirds of this figure. Approximately 70% of the WiMAX subscribers will be mobile customers who are predominately residential, while fixed WiMAX will continue to be driven by large corporations followed by SME customers.