Telecom Lead Europe: Global fiber deployments have crossed cable to account for 19.7 percent of the total broadband market.
Of the 54 million new broadband subscribers added in the year leading up to Q3 2012, 26 million are being served with fiber (48 percent), said Broadband Forum.
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Technology subscribers:
|
Technology |
Q3 2011 |
Q4 2011 |
Q1 2012 |
Q2 2012 |
Q3 2012 |
|
Fiber |
99,148,740 |
106,146,809 |
112,319,534 |
117,380,402 |
125,054,374 |
|
Copper |
350,084,349 |
353,335,639 |
359,560,708 |
364,516,750 |
366,962,524 |
|
Cable |
112,141,446 |
114,799,009 |
117,046,090 |
119,188,313 |
121,008,163 |
|
Other |
19,108,390 |
19,821,067 |
20,639,885 |
21,201,091 |
21,748,794 |
Source: Point Topic, Q3 2012
The overall broadband growth during the third quarter 2012 is estimated at over 12 million lines.
“Our G-PON Certification program will help the industry expedite fiber network rollout and pave the way for swift expansion of superfast broadband and the development of new technologies. It will enable next generation systems to come to the market faster and with interoperability from day one,” said Robin Mersh, CEO of the Broadband Forum.
