By the end of 2012, there will be a billion people using the services of 170 802.16e carriers from 480 million in 2009, according to ABI Research.
USB dongles have been an excellent vehicle to prime the market along with customer premises equipment and laptops, but mobile handsets will be essential to the success of Wimax.
Subscriptions in the 4G market could reach 150 million by the fourth quarter of 2014.
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