Asia Leads DSL Market with 40% of Global Subscribers Says New Report
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The report “Asia Fixed Broadband and Internet Market and Forecasts” provides a comprehensive overview of the broadband internet segment of the telecom market across the various economies of Asia.
According to the 409 page report, Asia has become the leading region in the world for DSL, with close to 40% of the global DSL subscribers to be found in the region. More recently, with the advent of FttX as an alternative platform for broadband access in Asia. FttX already comprises over 50% of the high speed internet access connections in the leading technology markets of Japan and South Korea.
As broadband internet continues to extend its presence across Asia, the region's broadband market finds itself dominated by 6 key markets: South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Taiwan and Japan. The regions have left the rest of the region behind in terms of both penetration and sophistication of their broadband services and infrastructure.
South Korea has been the most remarkable example of the Asian broadband revolution in the leading markets. By mid-2011 broadband subscriber penetration had passed 35%, and over 95% of households in the country had very high speed broadband internet connections.
Another market of special note in the region is Singapore where the government has been implementing broadband internet access - wired and wireless - for the whole of the island state. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), Singapore's telecom regulator, has been reporting what it referred to as the 'Household Broadband Penetration Rate'. This had reached 165% by May 2010.
View the report “Asia Fixed Broadband and Internet Market and Forecasts”
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