China ready to release WiMAX orders, says ITRI director
China is ready to release orders for WiMAX equipment and CPE products as its State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is set to kick off construction of WiMAX networks starting in 30 cities, according to Paul Lin, vice president and general director of the Taiwan government-backed Information and Communications Research Laboratories (ICL) under the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).
Total orders for the WiMAX projects in the 30 designated cities are likely to top 100 billion yuan (US$14.64 billion), according to estimates by sources at Taiwan's WiMAX CPE makers.
Taiwan-based chipmakers MediaTek, VIA Technologies, and Realtek Semiconductor as well as WiMAX CPE makers Tecom, Zyxel Communications, D-Link, Accton Technology and Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB) are likely to benefit from the planned WiMAX buildup in China, the sources noted.
In fact, Tecom has entered cooperation with broadcasting companies in several cities in eastern China for WiMAX projects and has shipped small volumes of WiMAX CPE products to its partners for testing, said company sources, who added that Tecom also aims to secure WiMAX CPE orders for a WiMAX project in Sichuan through an open bid.
With new orders coming from China, Tecom expects its shipments of WiMAX products to more than double to US$70 million in 2009, up from US$30 million in 2008, company chairman Liu Chao-kai estimated.
Total orders for the WiMAX projects in the 30 designated cities are likely to top 100 billion yuan (US$14.64 billion), according to estimates by sources at Taiwan's WiMAX CPE makers.
Taiwan-based chipmakers MediaTek, VIA Technologies, and Realtek Semiconductor as well as WiMAX CPE makers Tecom, Zyxel Communications, D-Link, Accton Technology and Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB) are likely to benefit from the planned WiMAX buildup in China, the sources noted.
In fact, Tecom has entered cooperation with broadcasting companies in several cities in eastern China for WiMAX projects and has shipped small volumes of WiMAX CPE products to its partners for testing, said company sources, who added that Tecom also aims to secure WiMAX CPE orders for a WiMAX project in Sichuan through an open bid.
With new orders coming from China, Tecom expects its shipments of WiMAX products to more than double to US$70 million in 2009, up from US$30 million in 2008, company chairman Liu Chao-kai estimated.
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