Maravedis and BWA Launch Industry's First Commercial WiMAX Deployment Database

May 17, 2007

Maravedis (www.maravedis-bwa.com) released WiMAXCounts (www.wimaxcounts.com), the industry’s first online database and service dedicated to tracking and analyzing WiMAX deployments worldwide. Developed from ground-up and comprised of key information on applications, service offerings, ARPU, pricing, target markets, subscribers and deployments worldwide, WiMAXCounts is a unique source of comprehensive information for the entire WiMAX ecosystem.

"As an emerging technology, the WiMAX industry lacked a bottom-up tool to track vital network deployment data," said Adlane Fellah, president and CEO of Maravedis Inc. "We have collected hard data directly from service providers worldwide to deliver an unbiased toolkit that enables operators and manufacturers to trail the key variables affecting the evolution of WiMAX adoption and network deployments."

WiMAXCounts is essential for both the service provider and equipment vendor communities. While service providers are acting in isolation from one another and have little access to the best practices in the industry, equipment manufacturers are eager to gain a clearer understanding of the market size and trends for R&D, strategic marketing and competitive purposes.

"Such detailed and neutral information is not easy to find in the WiMAX industry," said Eric Hamilton, CTO for Unwired Australia. "WiMAXCounts greatly enhances market knowledge among WiMAX service providers and helps us understand the current best practices in the market, network roll out and market entry strategies".

A dedicated team is permanently working on populating and updating WiMAXCounts to guarantee the WiMAX ecosystem with the most current information available. WiMAXCounts now covers more than 100 WiMAX operators in 36 countries and expect to add another 150 profiles across 34 additional countries by Q1-2008. It offers fundamental benchmarks to better evaluate the ongoing business practices, deployments and market conditions. A flexible reporting tool has been implemented to provide the information needed by decision makers and with unprecedented levels of granularity.

Maravedis complements its database with a quarterly newsletter that provides an executive summary analysis of recent service provider deployments and industry trends (investment, content, marketing programs, to name a few). WiMAXCounts is another indicator of Maravedis’ leadership that directly responds to market needs.

WiMAXCounts is a web-based service providing easy access to the latest WiMAX network deployment trends. It includes various dynamic tools to facilitate subscriber uses. With over 350 unique reports and graphics covering key variables, users can customize their research and export data into Microsoft Excel for easy manipulation and analysis. A Wikipedia-style feedback feature enables Maravedis to capture and execute improvements rapidly in response to user requirements.