Top 10 telecom markets based on broadband subscribers in the world


By Telecom Lead Team: Asia
continues to dominate with over 10.3 million more subscriber lines added in Q3
2011, higher than in Q2 and the same quarter in 2010. With over 246 million
lines in total, Asia now has 42.34 percent of the total market share in
broadband.


(Please
see the chart on Top 10 telecom markets based on broadband subscribers in the
world at the end of the article) With
a rise of almost 1.5 percent in the year, the proportion of broadband
subscribers in Asia continues to increase. Results from other regions were more
muted, although both Europe and the Middle East & Africa returned better
numbers compared to the same period in 2011.  The Americas also performed
better in Q3 than Q2, with overall net additions in subscriber lines rising by
309,518, according to Broadband Forum. 


Of
the top ten countries, strongest growth continues to be in China, although
strong growth in Russia has seen it improve its ranking to seventh place,
fuelled partly by increases in IPTV adoption which has brought Russia into the
IPTV top ten rankings for the first time.


Overall
broadband growth during the quarter, according to figures prepared for the
Broadband Forum by Point Topic, is estimated at 17.4 million
lines, bringing the global total to 581.3 million, a quarterly increase of 3.08
percent – and an annual growth rate of 12.89 percent.

 

Top
10 countries based on broadband subscribers (in million)

Country

Q3
2011

Q2
2011

Q3
2010

China

152

144

126

USA

90

89

85

Japan

35

35

33

Germany

28

27

26

France

22

22

20

UK

20

20

19

Russia

19

17

13

South
Korea

17

17

16

Brazil

15

15

13

Italy

13

13

13

 

editor@telecomlead.com

 

 

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