Latest
research from Quantum-Web suggests that the
fastest growing region on an annualized basis
was “Other Europe” with a vivid
growth of 77.0%, whereas Latin America with
an annual growth rate of 72.1% has shown the
second fastest regional trend growth.
According to our findings,
the total number of broadband lines with an
annual increase of 36.4% from 155.8 million
on 31 March 2005 now stands at a thumping 216.6
million in March 2006.
The growth was driven
mainly by the 36.4% and 48.7% increase in the
number of broadband lines in Asia-Pacific and
European Union, to reach 80.3 and 63.8 million
respectively by 31 March 2006. The growth in
North America was much slower at 24.8%, to reach
over 53.6 million lines by the same date.
Graph 1-
World broadband subscribers by region Q1, 2006
The findings
also point to the fact that DSL with trend growth
of 43% reaching 148.7 million by 31 March 2006
is acting as the engine of broadband growth. Cable
Modem meanwhile has shown a robust 21.9% growth
approaching the 52 million lines by the same period.
FWA with 94.8%
annual growth shows the fastest access technology
whereas FTTx with 82.6% increase in the number
of broadband lines to 8.7 million is the third
largest access technology. “Other technologies”
and Satellite with 35.28.7% and 21.1% are less
employed.
Graph 2 shows DSL, Cable
Modem and other technologies market share through
the first quarter of 2006.
Graph
2- World broadband subscribers by access technology
Q1, 2006
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