I have read the Ovum Report, and believe Ovum was clearly sponsored by either the GSM Association or conglomerate Mobile Operators who stand to get thrashed in the market. To even suggest 3G or HSDPA+ of any form is even COMPARABLE to mobile (not legacy fixed 802.16d!) WiMAX is rediculous. Its getting old, they are terrified about whats happening in this converged world. The uplink is the key people, and the data delivery speeds capable via this 802.16e are superior in every regard because it has REAL QoS over the Radio interface/bearer. When will everyone just stop believing the marketing FUD and MNO vendors like NSN/Ericsson/AlcaLU hype, LTE+ is not due until 2013 at the earliest -- and is a complete rip off from 802.16m subset. By 2013 WiMAX will have changed the world, starting with Clearwire, UQ and Yota are doing the data roaming. 9 years after DoCoMo's launch (i was there!), the MNO's still cant roam economically for 3g data usage. 3.5Ghz mobility licenses are not also being assigned (OFCOM UK) for WiMAX's which has got the MNO's on the run. More countries are following this regulatory lead - and the point made earlier by someone about the devices not arriving is going to change. The fundamental reason for delays, is because the handset vendors are being threatened by MNO customers to slow down 4G's adoption until LTE(basic not plus) arrives to suit their business models. ie: WiMAX went live in 2007 and is technically as well as theoretically a 4G delivery mechanism. Wake up people, this Alcatel Lucent CEO war cry of "niche rural technology" is getting old. Ben messed up the 21cn for BT before bailing out, and is definitely NOT (never was or will be) qualified to speak on subjects such as Next Generation Networks, let alone 4G Wireless realities in 2009!

By not making cost effective devices Device Manufaturers kept Wimax failed. Only one Wimax is on the face of this earth and that too is 2.5GHz wimax the HTC MAX4G. Most Wimax setups are 3.5GHz band. Others devices are some MIDs which are not phones and WiBro (not true Wimax) Phones.

I had very high hopes with HTC and Samsung which should have become real a year ago. And from both of these parties its very sad to see that when they are launchin ver "2" of every device Storm2, Touchpro2 etc but no Max4G-2.
http://www.gsmarena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21045&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

I agree with Hok - the wimax providers in Pakistan all offer ridiculous data quantity limited packages. so they will market them as 1Mbit connections but the fine print says you get 15 gigs of total bandwidth (upload and download included) which is ridiculous in todays world.

I think most providers are still muddling around on which market to target - the well heeled customers that can afford to pay more but want better or the volume customers that need basics but at a much lower price.

Agree, as long as there is no Naugthy Indonesia Operator who limit the bandwitdh to 6 KB/s. I am now using "The New And Improved" Real "HSDPA" 6 KB/s Telkomsel Unlimited that is limited. If they can market 6 KB/s HSDPA, I am afraid they can also do the same for WiMAX, 4G, 5G, 6G, you name it. :((.