Worldwide BWA/WiMAX subscriber base rises 19% since last quarter: Maravedis

MONTREAL – BWA/WiMAX subscribers worldwide reached 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2008 for a 19% increase from the first quarter and a 70% increase from the same quarter a year earlier, according to the fifth issue of the WiMAXCounts Quarterly Report, compiled by research firm Maravedis. “Global service revenues continue to rise thanks to subscriber growth and despite the fact that ARPUs remain unchanged in the last quarter. However the average subscriber base per deployment remains very modest at 15,000 and contributes to the challenging lack of volume facing the emerging device ecosystem,” said Maravedis founder and CEO...