Editing WiMAX (section)

== Deployments ==
{{Main|List of deployed WiMAX networks}}

As of October 2010, the WiMAX Forum claimed over 592 WiMAX (fixed and mobile) networks deployed in over 148 countries, covering over 621 million people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimaxforum.org/ |title=WiMAX Forum |publisher=WiMAX Forum |access-date=2010-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008125316/http://www.wimaxforum.org/ |archive-date=2010-10-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> By February 2011, the WiMAX Forum cited coverage of over 823 million people, and estimated coverage to over 1 billion people  by the end of the year. Note that coverage means the offer of availability of WiMAX service to populations within various geographies, not the number of WiMAX subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wimax Forum Industry Research Report|url=http://www.wimaxforum.org/sites/wimaxforum.org/files/page/2011/03/Monthly_Industry_Report_March2011.pdf|website=Wimaxforum.org|access-date=2011-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117213817/http://www.wimaxforum.org/sites/wimaxforum.org/files/page/2011/03/Monthly_Industry_Report_March2011.pdf|archive-date=2011-11-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

South Korea launched a WiMAX network in the second quarter of 2006. Spain delivered full coverage in two cities Seville and Málaga in 2008 reaching 20,000 portable units. By the end of 2008 there were 350,000 WiMAX subscribers in Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telecoms.com/12573/the-rise-and-rise-of-hspa/|title=The rise and rise of HSPA|first=Wieland|last=Ken|date=6 July 2009|website=Telecoms.com|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028064157/http://www.telecoms.com/12573/the-rise-and-rise-of-hspa/|archive-date=2014-10-28|url-status=live}}</ref>

Worldwide, by early 2010 WiMAX seemed to be ramping quickly relative to other available technologies, though access in North America lagged.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.zdnet.com/article/wimax-deployments-ramp-globally-but-u-s-lags/ |title= WiMax deployments ramp globally, but U.S. lags |author= Larry Dignan |work= Between the lines blog |publisher= ZDNet |date= February 15, 2010 |access-date= September 11, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100514050312/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/wimax-deployments-ramp-globally-but-us-lags/30781 |archive-date= 2010-05-14 |url-status= live }}</ref>
[[Yota]], the largest WiMAX network operator in the world in 4Q 2009,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unova.ru/article/2631 |title=UNOVA: За последний квартал 2009 года сеть «Скартела» Yota стала крупнейшей в мире. Новости инноваций и венчурного рынка |access-date=2010-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503183933/http://www.unova.ru/article/2631 |archive-date=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1310343|title=На одной волне. Как интернет-гигант отстал от стартапа|date=8 February 2010|website=Unova.ru|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202528/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1310343|archive-date=2018-07-30|url-status=live}}</ref> announced in May 2010 that it would move new network deployments to LTE and, subsequently, change its existing networks as well.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

A study published in September 2010 by Blycroft Publishing estimated 800 management contracts from 364 WiMAX operations worldwide offering active services (launched or still trading as opposed to just licensed and still to launch).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telecomsnetworks.com/home/wimax-directory |title=WiMAX Directory |publisher=Blycroft Ltd |date=2010-09-01 |access-date=2011-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221004326/http://www.telecomsnetworks.com/home/wimax-directory |archive-date=2011-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The WiMAX Forum announced on Aug 16, 2011 that there were more than 20 million WiMAX subscribers worldwide, the high-water mark for this technology. http://wimaxforum.org/Page/News/PR/20110816_WiMAX_Subscriptions_Surpass_20_Million_Globally