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  • London, 24 April 2006 — Germany the first European country with over 10 million broadband lines.

 

According to our latest research paper, "World Broadband Tracker Q4 2005" Germany
has become the first European country of the club of ‘over 10 million Subscribers’ together with US, China and South Korea.

 

 

The German broadband market is driven by DSL technology lead by country incumbent and alternative carriers, who are throwing ever more attractive offerings onto the market. Cable Modem the second favorite access technology now control over 2% of the broadband market, a 33% increase over the last year's figure, and account 2% of new subscribers.

We estimate that the UK and France with over 9 million subscribers will be the next countries in the world to join the 'over 10 million club' by the end of March 2006.

The USA is the largest broadband market with over 43.8 million broadband subscribers. China and Japan are far behind, with 31.8 million and 22.3 million respectively.

Then there are further proportionately large markets namely Canada and Italy with nearly 6.7 million broadband subscribers followed by Spain.

 

For more information about this press release or this research paper, please contact us at
info@quantum-web.com

 

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Quantum-Web is the leading provider of perpetual and tailored research, assessments and market forecasts of broadband. The firm's broadband tariff database, broadband quarterly tracker, and forecasts are results of both a deep technology understanding and a first-rate research methodology, which examines each segment of the value chain for each individual market. Technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals academic and media, worldwide, rely on experienced staff and in-depth research to support critical technology, product and success decisions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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