As mobile frequencies will not be available in the short term, Gartner does not expect mobile WiMAX rollouts to be available at larger scales before 2009, at the earliest

Gartner expects India to have 6.9 million mobile and fixed WiMAX connections by the end of 2011. However it expects India will remain a niche market for WiMAX until 2009

Nareshchandra Singh, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner in an interaction with Idhries Ahmad of CIOL, explains why inspite of the hype around the technology, WiMax will remain a niche market for WiMAX until 2009.

Singh isn’t terribly excited at the way Indian government has helped service providers to roll out WiMax service in the country.

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