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Installed base of DSL lines grows by 9 percent (world)

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  • 07-12-2005 9:53am
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    bealtine
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    Installed base of DSL lines grows by 9 percent


    The world installed base of DSL lines grew by over 9 percent in Q3 to pass 125 million by 30 September, according to research firm Point Topic. There will be at least 137 million DSL lines by the end of 2005. The Middle East and Africa is now the fastest growing region of the world, adding over 20 percent in Q3. Turkey, Morocco and South Africa all gained over 30 percent in the quarter. Turkey now has over 1 million lines and Morocco has very quickly built a significant installed base of 179,000 lines. Latin America and Eastern Europe are the next most fast-growing regions. In the Americas, Argentina and Mexico are the fastest growing countries, both adding over 17 percent. Brazil has 2.7 million lines and gained 14.5 percent in the quarter. In Eastern Europe the fastest growing countries are the Czech Republic and Slovakia. South East Asia also showed strong growth at 12.9 percent. India is the most rapidly growing major country of all, reporting almost doubled DSL numbers in the quarter, to over 400,000. China added 3.7 million DSL lines. North America and Western Europe both grew at about the world average rate. The slowest-growing region was Asia-Pacific where major countries such as Japan, Singapore and Taiwan are showing signs of saturation. DSL numbers in South Korea appear to be flatlining. DSL continues to draw ahead of cable modems and other technologies in its share of the broadband market. One of the few countries which is an exception to this trend is Romania where there are still only 4,200 DSL lines against over 160,000 cable modems and other broadband accesses.


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