31 million in Asia use WiMAX equipment to access Internet

More than 31 million people in Asia will be using WiMax broadband wireless internet links within five years, according to new forecasts from the region. WiMax operators will be collecting revenues of $8bn per year from 31.4 million subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region by 2012, In-Stat predicts. "In emerging countries where current household broadband penetration rates are extremely low, governments have quickly built a pro-WiMax regulatory framework," said In-Stat analyst Victor Liu.