Telecom Lead Asia: With the addition of 16 million new
broadband subscribers in the first quarter of 2012, the Global Broadband
subscriber base has crossed 600 million mark. The growth represents a quarterly
rise of 2.7 percent and an annual increase of 11.48 percent.
Broadband industry analysts Point Topic said that
over 100 million new lines or 20 percent of the total base were added in less
than 18 months.
It is just 18 months since we celebrated the 500 million
subscriber watershed and even less time since IPTV subscribers reached 50
million – yet in both cases growth is still accelerating. It is especially
rewarding to be making this announcement in Asia, which has contributed so much
to fuelling this phenomenal success,” Robin Mersh, CEO of the Broadband Forum.
Broadband Forum reinforced importance of standards-based
deployment and interoperability initiatives with new TR-069 testing and
continuing G-PON certification.
The research firm added that the growth was mainly driven
by Asia, led in both broadband and in IPTV by China.
During the first quarter, Asia had 262,080,147
subscribers in total, added 8,575,397 new lines at a growth rate of 3.38
percent in the quarter and 15.19 percent in the year.
Russia, Brazil and India all continue to show above
average growth rates both in the quarter and annually, with Ukraine and Turkey
also showing high growth.
China posted annual growth of 19.17 percent or 26.4
million annual addition. The highest annual growth rates are Russia’s
27.43 percent and Ukraine’s 26.82 percent, with China, India and Brazil also
posting double-digit annual increases.
The five Asian countries in the top 20, together serve
239 million broadband subscribers more than one-third of the global total.
The firm revealed that IPTV has 65.6 million subscribers,
up 3.8 million in the quarter.
The Asian market is growing fast, as China added over
three times as many IPTV subscribers in the quarter as any other country.
|
Country |
2011Q1 |
2011Q4 |
2012Q1 |
% growth qtr |
% growth yr |
qtr add |
yr add |
|
China (all territories) |
137,919,667 |
157,513,413 |
164,360,777 |
4.35% |
19.17% |
6,847,364 |
26,441,110 |
|
USA |
88,787,828 |
91,631,760 |
93,264,503 |
1.78% |
5.04% |
1,632,743 |
4,476,675 |
|
Japan |
34,555,100 |
36,695,200 |
37,012,100 |
0.86% |
7.11% |
316,900 |
2,457,000 |
|
Germany |
27,317,300 |
28,499,900 |
28,877,600 |
1.33% |
5.71% |
377,700 |
1,560,300 |
|
France |
21,722,400 |
22,766,200 |
23,122,600 |
1.57% |
6.45% |
356,400 |
1,400,200 |
|
Russia |
16,606,900 |
20,376,855 |
21,161,900 |
3.85% |
27.43% |
785,045 |
4,555,000 |
|
UK |
19,911,100 |
20,736,500 |
21,093,600 |
1.72% |
5.94% |
357,100 |
1,182,500 |
|
South Korea |
17,399,028 |
17,915,007 |
18,096,027 |
1.01% |
4.01% |
181,020 |
696,999 |
|
Brazil |
14,489,600 |
16,518,500 |
17,107,500 |
3.57% |
18.07% |
589,000 |
2,617,900 |
|
Italy |
13,373,650 |
13,781,650 |
13,870,650 |
0.65% |
3.72% |
89,000 |
497,000 |
|
India |
11,500,493 |
13,333,827 |
13,697,791 |
2.73% |
19.11% |
363,964 |
2,197,298 |
|
Mexico |
11,738,149 |
12,487,401 |
12,740,353 |
2.03% |
8.54% |
252,952 |
1,002,204 |
|
Spain |
11,266,692 |
11,610,284 |
11,777,921 |
1.44% |
4.54% |
167,637 |
511,229 |
|
Canada |
10,661,316 |
11,083,633 |
11,166,932 |
0.75% |
4.74% |
83,299 |
505,616 |
|
Turkey |
7,211,035 |
7,507,829 |
7,777,829 |
3.60% |
7.86% |
270,000 |
566,794 |
|
Netherlands |
6,326,100 |
6,622,400 |
6,719,500 |
1.47% |
6.22% |
97,100 |
393,400 |
|
Australia |
5,662,200 |
5,781,200 |
5,853,800 |
1.26% |
3.38% |
72,600 |
191,600 |
|
Poland |
5,395,267 |
5,708,229 |
5,803,689 |
1.67% |
7.57% |
95,460 |
408,422 |
|
Taiwan |
5,281,000 |
5,589,000 |
5,695,597 |
1.91% |
7.85% |
106,597 |
414,597 |
|
Ukraine |
4,330,000 |
5,216,000 |
5,491,500 |
5.28% |
26.82% |
275,500 |
1,161,500 |
Fiber showing strong growth
|
Technology |
2011Q1 |
2011Q4 |
2012Q1 |
Quarter % growth |
Year % growth |
qtr. add |
yr. add |
|
DSL |
344,027,755 |
361,467,393 |
369,898,515 |
2.33% |
7.52% |
8,431,122 |
25,870,760 |
|
FTTx |
66,358,688 |
84,036,652 |
87,732,354 |
4.40% |
32.21% |
3,695,702 |
21,373,666 |
|
Cable Modem |
108,785,269 |
115,747,347 |
118,005,682 |
1.95% |
8.48% |
2,258,335 |
9,220,413 |
|
FTTH |
13,319,735 |
15,661,500 |
16,519,984 |
5.48% |
24.03% |
858,484 |
3,200,249 |