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Europe - Broadband Market Insights and Statistics
Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, June 2011, Pages: 22
The European broadband market has seen a considerable evolution during the last year, epitomised by the migration to higher-data services and from copper-based networks to fibre. Growth in many markets slowed in 2010 as a result of high broadband penetration, while markets in the less developed southern and eastern countries have sought to catch up with their northern counterparts. Growth is still driven by intra-and inter-platform competition and by regulatory measures to improve access to incumbent networks. Technological developments in the cable, DSL and fibre platforms have helped transform broadband from a PC-based service to a fundamental component of many households’ entertainment, through services such as VoD and IPTV. The main growth driver is now fibre, particular with FttH which has emerged as the preferred albeit more costly architecture, followed by cable and DSL. Cable networks have seen considerable subscriber growth as a result of operator investment in DOSCSIS3.0 technology, and the widespread deployment of data services providing up to 120Mb/s. This report presents statistics and analysis on Europe’s fixed-line broadband market in 2011, including developments in ADSL, cable and fibre technologies, and noting the status of EU and government policies to encourage broadband take-up to the end of the decade.
Key developments: state aid for broadband quadruples in 2010 year-on-year to €1.8 billion; broadband as universal service by 2013; EC’s targets at least 50% of households to have 100Mb/s; EC promoting broadband as a universal service; Digital Agenda for economic recovery; DSL trials providing 700Mb/s; HFC networks taking larger share of super-fast connections; decline of DSL in many markets as customers defect to mobile broadband options and more widely available FttH.
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