Pyramid Research conducted interviews with WiMAX operator executives to uncover what works and what doesn’t and identify the key factors behind successful WiMAX deployments.

Successful WiMAX operators will place a greater emphasis on smart networks, diversifying revenue-generating services and devices in an effort to maximize network utilization, create new revenue streams and avoid becoming marginalized.

WiMAX business models are as much about innovative cost management as they are about driving revenue, particularly in this challenging economic environment. The WiMAX network architecture is inherently cost-effective thanks to its flat, all-IP architecture, but there are further steps that can be taken to shave costs.