India records broadband annual growth of 24.46 percent in 2011: Broadband Forum

Telecom Lead U.K: With 12.3 percent annual growth in
2011, broadband market witnessed the largest increase in the last five years,
according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum. IPTV also
recorded strongest growth quarter.


Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596
lines, bringing the global total to 597,322,636, a quarterly increase
of 2.6 percent – and an annual growth rate of 12.3 percent. The figures,
prepared for the Broadband Forum by broadband industry analysts Point Topic,
also highlight the strongest ever quarter of growth in IPTV which is today’s
most demanding application for high speed broadband.


This is an exciting return to higher growth figures and
points to a strengthening in the broadband market,”said Robin Mersh, CEO of
the Broadband Forum. With a number of active new markets coming online and
standards based deployments becoming common – we are seeing broadband move into
the daily lives of more and more people the world over. A great example of
this is the exceptional growth in some key Eastern European markets, such as
Russia, Poland and the Ukraine.”


 Among all the countries, Russia topped in terms of
both Broadband and IPTV figures in 2011. Russia recorded over 36 percent growth
in Broadband and more than doubled its IPTV subscribers from 495,500 to
1,145,000 in just one year.


With 254,721,342 broadband subscriber lines at the
end of 2011, Asia is by far the biggest region overall, though its growth
was slower in percentage terms during the last quarter than earlier in the year,
according to Broadband Forum. The region added 7,882,421 subscribers in Q4 of
2011, a rate of 3.2 percent in the quarter, representing annual growth of 16.4
percent.


Countries that demonstrated double digit broadband growth
include Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRIC) and Ukraine. While Russia grew at
the highest rate of 36.85 over the year, India is also moving up the rankings
with an annual growth of 24.46 percent.


Top 20 Broadband Countries


Country

2010Q4

2011Q3

2011Q4

 percent growth
quarter

 percent growth
year

yr add

China (all territories)

131,447,883

152,548,458

158,191,913

3.70 percent

20.35 percent

  26,744,030

USA

87,197,827

90,512,692

91,633,360

1.24 percent

5.09 percent

   4,435,533

Japan

34,169,900

35,999,100

36,695,200

1.93 percent

7.39 percent

   2,525,300

Germany

26,706,200

28,157,000

28,511,300

1.26 percent

6.76 percent

   1,805,100

France

21,168,700

22,381,000

22,837,200

2.04 percent

7.88 percent

   1,668,500

Russia

15,156,300

19,359,900

20,740,900

7.13 percent

36.85 percent

   5,584,600

UK

19,607,600

20,440,200

20,736,500

1.45 percent

5.76 percent

   1,128,900

South Korea

17,224,102

17,816,717

17,975,507

0.89 percent

4.36 percent

      751,405

Brazil

13,812,200

15,957,000

16,482,500

3.29 percent

19.33 percent

   2,670,300

Italy

13,272,650

13,660,650

13,732,650

0.53 percent

3.47 percent

      460,000

India

10,713,608

12,881,044

13,333,827

3.52 percent

24.46 percent

   2,620,219

Mexico

11,402,094

12,263,263

12,587,401

2.64 percent

10.40 percent

   1,185,307

Spain

10,557,849

10,940,720

11,135,177

1.78 percent

5.47 percent

      577,328

Canada

10,547,239

10,920,540

11,041,882

1.11 percent

4.69 percent

      494,643

Turkey

7,074,867

7,437,829

7,507,829

0.94 percent

6.12 percent

      432,962

Netherlands

6,207,200

6,503,100

6,622,400

1.83 percent

6.69 percent

      415,200

Australia

5,539,500

5,702,600

5,756,200

0.94 percent

3.91 percent

      216,700

Poland

5,303,881

5,597,348

5,708,229

1.98 percent

7.62 percent

      404,348

Taiwan

5,209,000

5,472,000

5,589,000

2.14 percent

7.30 percent

      380,000

Ukraine

3,950,000

4,920,000

5,198,000

5.65 percent

31.59 percent

   1,248,000

Source: Point Topic


 Among the broadband technologies DSL continues to
grab major share of the market with 60.8 percent of the overall market share
although it is beginning to lose ground to other access
technologies.  The expectation is for hybrid fiber/DSL deployment
solutions to continue to grow, delivering broadband for more and more
subscribers. The combined market share for FTTH and FTTx/hybrid technologies
has again grown from 16 percent in Q3 to 16.7 percent at the end of 2011,
encroaching on cable’s market share, which has dropped to 19.4 percent.


IPTV’s best quarter ever saw net additions of 3.68
million to finish the year strong with more than 58.2 million IPTV subscribers
worldwide. Though Europe still holds the top regional spot -China is the
fastest growing country and now has over 12 million subscribers, outstripping
France for the top spot in the Top Ten IPTV countries world-wide.


 

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