WiMAX in Education

Released on: September 19, 2008, 9:19 pm

Press Release Author: Bharatbook

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: Bharatbook.com added the new report on "WiMAX in Education "
which focuses on the three A's (Access, Affordability, and Applications) when
considering a WiMAX deployment.

Press Release Body: Bharatbook.com added the new report on "WiMAX in Education "
which focuses on the three A's (Access, Affordability, and Applications) when
considering a WiMAX deployment.

The author leverages his real-world experience of deploying a large scale WiMAX
system for a major metropolitan educational institution to instruct others about the
many opportunities for WiMAX in education. Not only is this a valuable resource for
those seeking business drivers for WiMAX, his method of evaluating using the 3A's
can be used for any purpose to evaluate deployment issues and options.
Written by subject matter expert, Frank Ohrtman, a consultant on multiple WiMAX
projects in US and abroad and author of WiMAX Handbook: Building 802.16 Wireless
Networks and WiMAX in 50 Pages, this publication provides an easy-to-understand
process for assessing the parameters for a school district-wide WiMAX deployment
(access, affordability and applications). It provides case study analysis based on
project in progress in Palm Beach County, FL of TV over WiMAX, "controlled" Internet
access, school financing/savings
The reader may use the author's unique approach to the 3A's of WiMAX as a process
and framework to determine feasibility and launch plan for any potential WiMax
project or application-driven deployment.

Key Findings

One-to-one computing (one laptop per student) is a powerful market driver for the
deployment of WiMAX as a wireless broadband access technology
School districts could provide broadband wireless internet/intranet access for their
students at home for as little as $40 per student in capital expenditure of $1/month
per student in operational expenditures
WiMAX-enabled laptops may be the only way for public schools to comply with federal
mandates in education (NCLB, ATTAIN)
WiMAX provides a low-cost means for crossing the digital divide
The WiMAX in Education market could be $1.8 billion by 2015

Target Audience


WiMAX vendors: this will prove to be a very lucrative niche market for those willing
to focus on it and adjust their sales and marketing strategy accordingly
Laptop vendors: They will sell many more laptops more quickly if the laptops can be
networked to the school intranet or Internet via a low-cost WiMAX network.
Computer chip vendors: 45 million public school students using WiMAX-enabled laptops
will sell a lot of chips.
Network devices vendors: WiMAX deployments to schools will sell a lot of routers,
servers and other devices.
Carriers: new technologies such as WiMAX may disrupt their traditional business and
how to "turn the retreat into a parade"Educators: How can the instructional yield
from one-to-one computing be multiplied using WiMAX?
School administrators: What is WiMAX and why is it so important to instruction?
State/Federal/School finance professionals: provides strategies in ;aying for
multi-million dollar WiMAX deployments

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