Market researches - 12/06/07

A few set of market information released this week:

• According to In-Stat, China would have some 52m TD-SCDMA subscribers by 2011.

• Pioneer Consulting found that wireless backhaul is more cost-effective compared to wireline solutions for a 3G network scenario.

• According to Infonetics, the mobile WiMAX equipment increased 35% in 1Q07 to $120m yoy, but down 2% qoq. Fixed WiMAX equipment market dropped 40% in 1Q07, led by Alvarion and Airspan.

• There were 2.2m IPTV subscribers in W. Europe at the end of 2006, and it is expected to be 4.5m at the end of the year. France accounts for almost 1m.