Samsung has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.
Motorola and Alvarion claimed the second and third spots in the company�s most recent evaluation of worldwide WiMAX base station vendors.
The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI Research to provide a clear understanding of vendors� positions in specific markets. Vendors are assessed on the important parameters of �innovation� and �implementation� across several criteria unique to each vendor matrix.
�Samsung and Motorola have maintained the respective market leadership positions they established in our 2008 Matrix,� comments research analyst Xavier Ortiz. �This year, they ranked very close to one another. Each has a decent amount of R&D invested in this area, as well as comprehensive 802.16 patent portfolios.
�Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Nortel, and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have all exited the market since 2008, for differing reasons. The result: Alvarion, previously ranked eighth, has risen to take third position as it has gained contracts, and partnered with some of the vendors who left the market. Huawei has also become a major player, when it wasn�t even a significant part of the lineup two years ago, by gaining substantial business with Clearwire.�
For this particular matrix, under "innovation," ABI Research examined the vendors� early product development for mobile WiMAX, their end-to-end telecom product offerings, and their intellectual property holdings for OFDMA, MIMO and beamforming. Other Innovation factors were the companies� demonstrated commitments to 802.16m, and the number of 802.16m trials under way.
Under "implementation," ABI Research scrutinized the following criteria: vendors� market share and major customer wins; the number of trials acquired; the degree of the vendors� focus on high-growth developing countries; and their partnerships with other companies in the mobile WiMAX ecosystem.
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