Summit Date: November 19, 2010
Summit Venue: Beijing, China

Summit Background: WIMAX MARKET HIGHLIGHTS by 2010 March
• Worldwide vendor revenue from 802.16d and 802.16e WiMAX network equipment and devices hit $1.08 billion in 2009,
• The WiMAX market is showing positive signs of steady growth from this year onward, with major rollouts underway in USA, Japan, Russia, and India
• Starting in 2011-2012, 802.16m WiMAX products are expected to be tested, certified, and commercially available, offering speeds comparable to LTE
• For the combined WiMAX equipment and device market, Motorola took the #1 spot in 2009, with 17% of worldwide revenue, just ahead of Alvarion
• Huawei showed the biggest growth in WiMAX equipment and device market share in 2009
• The number of WiMAX subscribers jumped 75% in 2009 to 6.8 million worldwide

WiMAX maintains great robust momentum of development during the last year despite of the influence of Global economy recession, supported by the whole mature industry chain. We can feel the rapid growth from the following statistics: 25 WiMAX chip Manufacturers, 35 WiMAX station vendors including the majority of World Top 10 Giant in Communication equipments, over 540 WiMAX Forum members, which formulate a collaborate and large-scale WiMAX industry chain.

The Emerging Market, represented by Russia, India, Brazil, Malaysia, is still the focus of WiMAX. 550 WiMAX networks has been currently deployed in 147 countries It is not hard to find out the successful story of WiMAX deployment worldwide.

China is one of the biggest WiMAX potential markets in the world for its large population and area. Therefore, Global WiMAX Summit successfully worked as platform for:
1. Promoting WiMAX technology development and deployment
2. Setting up a communication platform for different parties
3. Getting mindshare with operators, equipment suppliers and service providers and promote cooperation
4. Attracting potential WiMAX players and customers
5. Cultivating potential consumers and market
6. Providing reference for on-going or planned projects

The organizing committee hopes to provide a communication platform for the industry, bring together all the forces of relevant parties to the summit to facilitate the real valuable application in WiMAX field.