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Denmark leads OECD in broadband penetration

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  • 17-10-2006 9:02am
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    bealtine
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    Denmark leads OECD in broadband penetration
    Published: Monday 16 October 2006 | 10:51 AM CET


    The number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 33 percent from 136 million in June 2005 to 181 million in June this year. This growth increased broadband penetration rates in the OECD from 11.7 in June 2005 to 15.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants currently. DSL continues to be the leading platform in 28 OECD countries. Some 63 percent of OECD broadband subscribers use DSL, 29 percent use cable and 8 percent use other technologies. However, cable modem subscribers outnumber DSL in Canada and the United States.

    In June, six countries (Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Korea, Switzerland and Finland) led the OECD in broadband penetration, each with at least 25 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Denmark leads the OECD with a broadband penetration rate of 29.3 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. The strongest per-capita subscriber growth comes from Denmark, Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Each country added more than 6 subscribers per 100 inhabitants during the past year. The United States has the largest total number of broadband subscribers in the OECD at 57 million. US broadband subscribers now represent 36 percent of all broadband connections in the OECD, up from 31 percent in December 2005.

    Fibre to the home is becoming increasingly important for broadband access, particularly in countries with high broadband penetration. Japan leads the OECD in fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) with 6.3 million fibre subscribers in June. Fibre subscribers alone in Japan outnumber total broadband subscribers in 22 of the 30 OECD countries. The total number of ADSL subscriptions in Korea and Japan have continued to decline as more users upgrade to fibre-based connections.


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