The folks at ABI Research have done up a nice summary of the status of mobile WiMAX globally, saying that they expect the total number of subscribers to be at around two million come January. Overall it’s not the most optimistic picture, with many service rollouts falling short of their projected aims both in availability and in subscribers, South Korea’s numbers “stagnant,” and LTE breathing down everybody’s necks — particularly in the US and Japan. Still, there are some notable bright spots, most particularly Russia’s Yota service , which broke 200,000 subscribers last month after five months of commercial operation, and which is also flirting with profitability at this early stage
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Nearly two million mobile WiMAX subscribers worldwide by year’s end, most eyeing LTE suspiciously