Western
Europe's broadband subscribers surpassed 116 million
in H1 2010
Isabelle Paradis
January 2011
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According to the information released
by HOT TELECOM (www.hottelecom.com) in its latest
report “Western Europe statistics and forecast
2005-2014”, there were an estimated 116.3
million broadband subscribers at the end of Q1 2010
in Western Europe(1). This translated into a 2.4%
growth over the quarter.
By the end of Q1 2010, broadband
accounted for close to 100.0% of all Internet connections
in the majority of the countries in the region,
compared with around 60.0% in 2005. The number of
broadband subscribers is forecasted to have grown
by an average of 4.7% to 150 million by the end
of 2014. At that time, broadband should account
for the totality of Internet connections in all
markets.
Germany, France and the UK are by
far the region’s three largest broadband markets,
with an estimated 25 million, 20 million and 19
million broadband subscribers respectively at the
end of Q1 2010. Together these three countries generate
54.2% of the region’s broadband connections.
On the other hand, Finland and Sweden enjoy by far
the highest broadband penetration rates in Western
Europe with 48.9% and 46.3% broadband penetration
respectively at the end of Q1 2010.
Greece, Ireland and Cyprus have
enjoyed the highest levels of broadband subscriber
growth in 2009, with growth rates as high as 27.3%,
20.3% and 19.7% respectively. Nevertheless, this
report, which includes 31 detailed exhibits and
tables on Western Europe’s fixed, mobile and
Internet telecom markets, confirms that Greece and
Ireland will see their broadband subscriber growth
decrease significantly in 2010. “The economic
recession has hit hard in some of the region’s
countries translating into a decrease in broadband
subscriber growth” HOT TELECOM’s president
Isabelle Paradis said.
Find out more on the region’s
fixed, mobile, Internet and broadband statistics
and forecasts in HOT TELECOM’s new 31-page
“Western Europe telecom statistics and forecast
2005-2014” report, which can be purchased
online at: http://www.hottelecom.com/western-europe-stats.html.
(1) For the purpose of this article, the Western
Europe market consists of the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom
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