Aperto Networks' PacketMAX 5000 base station, Redline Communications' RedMAX AN-100U base station, SEQUANS Communications' SQN2010 SoC base station solution, and Wavesat's miniMAX customer premise equipment (CPE) solution are all now certified as "first wave" approved.

The picture is complicated, however, by a resurgence of rival wireless broadband access technology 802.20, based on frequency-division duplex technology developed by Flarion. "With the closing last week of Qualcomm's acquisition of Flarion, 802.20 may get a new lease on life," notes Solis. "Qualcomm will almost certainly attempt to rally support from other industry participants, but many companies had abandoned 802.20 to support 802.16e."

These and other market developments are covered in depth by ABI Research's study "WiMAX Semiconductors," which describes WiMAX chipset vendor strategies, architectures for RF and baseband, power consumption, ASPs, chipset availability, roadmap, and total WiMAX BOM cost. It forms part of the company's subscription "Wireless Semiconductors Research Service".

Another report, "WiMAX: The Market for 802.16-2004 and 802.16e" examines the important drivers and inhibitors of this market; it explains mobile broadband technologies, and how the WiMAX market will evolve. It is available in the firm's "Wireless Infrastructure Research Service."

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