While WiMax vendors eye mobile applications, it is the fixed wireless usage that will prevail as its bread and butter, at least according to a report issued this morning by Visant Strategies. Visant projected that the worldwide wireless broadband audience of five million in 2005 is expected to grow by 40 percent yearly through 2010. The firm foresees a $3.4 billion annual opportunity for fixed and portable broadband equipment by 2010. Andy Fuertes, the report’s author, wrote: WiMAX will account for 50 percent of that multi-billion dollar market by the end of the decade, with much activity in the 3.5 GHz band. The market for cable modem and digital subscriber line replacement is expanding today while WiMAX in the mobile network remains 2 years to 4 years away. Certified mobile WiMAX equipment will arrive during or after 2007 and mobile carriers typically test new technologies from 12 months to 18 months before implementing them throughout the network.The full report is titled 802.16/WiMAX: Assessment of Fixed and Mobile Opportunities. Technology Industry