Market researches - 10/9/05

• According to Gartner, Japanese domestic sales of mobile phone handsets are expected to reach a record of 49m units in 2006 and then begin declining.

• Forward Concepts predicts that the WiMAX and pre-WiMAX equipment market, including 802.16d and 802.16e, would grow from $72m in 2005 to $2bn in 2009.

• The UMTS Forum says W-CDMA subscriber number 33m, on a total 3G subscribers of 50m.

• According to Gartner, Juniper Networks has got the number one position in the broadband aggregation router market in the 2Q05 quarter with 41% market share.