Fixed broadband subscriptions just keep on going up, and this year could see the global number of subscriptions rise above the half a billion mark for the first time. This is according to Informa Telecoms & Media, which has carried out research into the current state of global fixed-broadband connections.
As part of its research it has also released details about fixed-broadband subscriptions in 2009 which shed some light on the state of the market. There were 480 million connections last year across the world, but Informa Telecoms & Media claims that this is due to go up significantly as more companies realise the benefits of modern web services.
It also revealed where the strongest growth is likely to occur. Russia, China and Mexico are the three countries at the top of the list. Indeed, seven of the top 20 countries are in emerging markets, painting a clear picture of how the global broadband market is evolving.
In terms of the numbers of subscribers, the company took its figures from September 2009 and found that China was at the top of the list with 91,348,000 subscribers. It was followed closely by the United States with 82,846,600, and Japan was third with 31,240,000. Britain was in sixth place with 18,033,300 subscribers.
The principal analyst at Informa, Rob Gallagher, said of the emerging markets that “about four out of five households do not have broadband in these markets”, which means that “there is still much room for growth”. He also confirmed that these markets would be the ones responsible for most of the next 100 million subscriptions that were likely by 2014, because the more developed markets have now levelled out.
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