Books, WiMAX, 4G, Global: Network operators face some heavy lifting when considering WiMAX deployments. Xchange is offering some help with Shouldering the Weight of WiMAX, a downloadable publication. It outlines weighty issues like variable tower costs, the network’s ability to support rich media, anticipated CPE pricing, and promising possibilities for FMC.

Network operators face some heavy lifting when considering WiMAX deployments. Shouldering the Weight of WiMAX is an eBook outlining exactly these weighty issues, e.g., variable tower costs, the network’s ability to support rich media, anticipated CPE pricing, and promising possibilities for FMC. WiMAX specialists and customers can now download a copy from www.xchangemag.com/ebooks.

From its table of contents it is clear that Shouldering the Weight of WiMAX does not just appeal to experienced WiMAX professionals. Under the heading Towernomics, one chapter advises new WiMAX entrants to consider the complexity of designing outside plant when drawing up their market plans, because the tower is full of variable costs and considerations critical to any successful service launch, regardless of business model.

Time is another factor. Rich Media, More Data - Can WiMAX Shoulder the Load? Is a chapter advising service providers planning to deploy WiMAX to do more than keep a close eye on the evolution of what is a promising technology. They need to determine how quickly mounting voice, data and video traffic will impact the networks that employ it.

And will equipment prices fall? The chapter Experts Predict WiMAX CPE Pricing Evolution notes that while WiMAX is clearly on the fast track to deployment, anticipated pricing for the relevant customer premises equipment is still coming into focus. Some experts predict that such prices will fall increasingly in the coming year. Which in turn will boost the proliferation of WiMAX.

* xchange is a monthly magazine for facilities-based service providers in the USA, offering voice, data, wireless, IP and content. It is intended to provide analysis on what new equipment, services, regulatory activities and other new developments mean to xchange readers.

To download a copy of this or any other xchange eBook, visit www.xchangemag.com/ebooks