WiMAX CPE Costs - A nice discussion on WiMAX360

The cost of WiMAX CPE's is a critical factor in the ROI of any large WiMAX or Wireless Broadband Development. We have a very good discussion on WiMAX360.com detailing what some of the costs are from a variety of WiMAX equipment companies.

Question posted:

Does anybody have an idea on costs of wimax customer premises equipments and wimax handsets also will WiMAX use simm cards?

Best Answer:

Hi!

It greatly depends on the type of CPE: from PCMCIA to Outdoor CPE and modem CPE, the price will vary coz their performances vary accordingly. For instance, modem CPE will likely have 2 or 3 antenna (eg Motorla and Navini respectively) when PCMCIA have only 1.

Also, it's likely that until mid-2008, the vendors will on 1 hand advertise their IOT and ability to support other vendors' BS and CPE. On the other hand, advice their customers to rather use their own CPE as the performance will (indeed) be better.

In 2007, it's likely that the price for modem CPE will stay around 200-300 and outdoor CPE above 400 USD.

To view the discussion please click here:  http://www.wimax360.com/forum/topic/show?id=610217%3ATopic%3A17095

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