Over 1 Billion Global Broadband Subscribers by 2013
Consumer enthusiasm for broadband service continues unabated, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). During calendar year 2009, an average of 8.8 million new broadband subscribers worldwide signed up for service each month. By 2013, In-Stat forecasts that the number of global broadband subscribers will surpass 1 billion.
The growing popularity of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as watching online video, using IP-based telephony services, and downloading music files, is spurring global demand for broadband Internet connections.
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
As of December 2009, there were 578 million worldwide broadband subscribers, an increase of 99 million over the year-end 2008 subscriber total.
DSL, mobile wireless, and cable modem service are the leading access technologies, providing 89% of worldwide broadband connections.
Mobile wireless broadband is the second largest access technology (behind DSL) with 18% of total subscribers.
Over the next few years, the number of households with multiple broadband connections will increase significantly. These multiple connection households will commonly have a wired broadband access technology, like DSL or cable modem service, along with a mobile wireless broadband connection.
This Market Alert is drawn from the In-Stat research, Global Broadband Subs Approach 600 Million (#IN0904472MBS), which covers the worldwide market for broadband service. It includes:
Examination of trends in broadband service and subscription activity.
Historical subscriber data for broadband services and forecasts for worldwide broadband subscribers through 2013.
Regional subscriber forecasts for cable modem service, DSL service, mobile wireless broadband service, fixed wireless broadband service, and FTTH households.
Worldwide subscriber forecasts for satellite broadband service, broadband over powerline service, and other access technologies.
For a free sample of the report and more information, please contact Elaine Potter at: epotter@reedbusiness.com or (480) 483-4441
This research is part of In-Stat’s Multimedia Broadband Services service. Broadband and video services are everywhere, but determining which service offerings will be the most successful is a multi-billion dollar question. In-Stat’s MBS research provides a worldwide, comprehensive perspective on the delivery of consumer broadband voice, video, and data services. The service assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each delivery pipe, and provides invaluable data on service enablers and blockers. MBS also examines existing and potential subscribers, competitive business models, industry agendas, and key cross-market combatants.
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