According to this Information Week article and a report by Juniper Research, the Mobile Wimax standard or 802.16e, is set to hit 80 million subscribers within the next 5-6 years. The majority of these users is likely to come from the US and East Asia. However, the potential of WiMax to replace existing last mile solutions in developing countries could mean that they constitute a significant portion of this number.
Plans by chip makers, such as Intel, to include WiMax support in laptops and other devices would play a crucial role in the success of WiMax in the coming years.
