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FTTx Supercharges Broadband Deployment More than 50 million new broadband subscribers added in 2012 News Highlights: x
643,770,042 broadband subscribers around the world by year-end 2012
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Fiber deployments grew faster than all other access technologies
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IPTV continues to gain market share, passing 75 million subscriber mark – with China, France and US accounting for 58% of the global user base
16 April 2013, Fremont, California – Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show a significant surge in superfast broadband, with fiber, particularly FTTx/VDSL2 1 hybrid deployments, playing a key role in driving this 8.6% percentage annual growth. The figures, prepared by Point Topic, also reveal that a staggering 50 million new users around the globe have subscribed to broadband in the past year alone, bringing the global total to 643,770,042. “These are promising figures as they highlight the ongoing strength of the broadband market,” commented Robin Mersh, CEO of the Broadband Forum. “We are increasingly witnessing a shift in technology, particularly to fiber, as consumer habits evolve and the demand for higher bandwidths increases.”
Technology Group FTTx (inc. VDSL, VDSL2) DSL (inc. ADSL, ADSL2+, SDSL) Cable Modem FTTH Fixed wireless
Q4 2011 89,781,231 353,990,359 115,232,185 16,044,679
Q4 2012 114,440,536 366,658,476 123,550,859 19,308,751
% Growth Year 27.5% 3.6% 7.2% 20.3% 12.0%
Year Adds 24,659,305 12,668,117 8,318,674 3,264,072
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Fiber to the X (FTTx) and Very fast Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)2 refer to a access method of serving a customer with a mixture of fiber and DSL to achieve higher speed and stability.
9,655,531
10,811,152
1,155,621 Source: Point Topic Q4 2012
The figures show that FTTx is gaining ground on other technologies, including traditional DSL, which continues to be the most dominant technology in the market. FTTx (including VDSL and VDSL2) showed the largest annual growth with over 27% overall, compared to 7.2% for cable modems and 3.6% for DSL. Looking at the current market share, fiber technologies, which sit at 21%, are beginning to overtake cable modem’s 19%.
Source: Point Topic Q4 2012
Oliver Johnson, CEO of Point Topic, said: “Demand for bandwidth can be satisfied by FTTx solutions, particularly in combination with vectoring, bonding and other incremental VDSL2 improvements so operators will continue to maximize the lifetime of their existing assets.” Regional Growth and Top 10 Countries China continues to dominate the broadband market with 15% growth over the year; however Brazil, India and Russia have all experienced a real rise and are the standout percentage growth countries in the top 10. This reinforces the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) emerging market effect, and one that has the potential to drive the broadband surge throughout the coming years. Even in mature markets such as the US and France, we are seeing sustained growth which is a sign
of broadband strength even during economic challenges.
Elsewhere of note, the emerging
markets in the Middle East and Africa continue to make progress - accounting for more than 4% of new subscribers globally.
Broadband subscribers – Top 10 Countries Detailed Report: Total 2011Q4
Total 2012Q1
Total 2012Q2
Total 2012Q3
Total 2012Q4
154,847,488
161,279,152
167,014,744
173,576,693
178,247,805
2.69%
15.11%
United States
91,631,760
93,264,503
93,450,180
94,470,928
95,196,150
0.77%
3.89%
Japan
36,695,200
37,012,100
37,292,400
37,226,500
37,168,300
-‐0.16%
1.29%
Germany
28,608,900
28,958,600
29,555,500
29,558,050
29,825,000
0.9%
4.25%
France
22,174,300
22,353,700
22,632,200
22,815,300
23,038,700
0.98%
3.90%
Russian Federation
20,376,855
21,161,900
21,786,267
22,321,727
22,987,927
2.98%
12.81%
United Kingdom
20,736,500
21,093,600
21,269,300
21,500,900
21,849,700
1.62%
5.37%
Brazil
16,518,500
17,152,500
18,091,925
18,791,880
19,484,880
3.69%
17.96%
Korea, Republic of
17,915,007
18,096,027
18,103,946
18,179,065
18,190,747
0.06%
1.54%
India
13,270,827
13,825,791
14,221,600
14,674,200
15,142,320
3.19%
14.10%
Country China (all territories)
Q4 Annual Growth Growth
Source: Point Topic, Q4 2012
IPTV Over 75 million users are now subscribing to IPTV. It grew in the final 2012 quarter, adding 3.6 million customers at a percentage growth of 4.97%, down slightly from the 5.04% in the previous quarter. Overall, 11.8% of all broadband subscribers now take an IPTV service, up from 10.4% year-end 2011. IPTV continues to be a critical driver for superfast broadband deployments. While China, France and the US continuing to hold the top three spots in IPTV, we are seeing strong percentage growth in the emerging markets of Korea (32%), Russia (86%) and the Netherlands (45%). IPTV subscribers – Top 10 Countries Q4 2012: Country
Total 2011Q4
Total 2012Q1
Total 2012Q2
Total 2012Q3
Total 2012Q4
Growth 2012Q4
Growth in 2012
China (all territories)
15,353,000
16,505,000
17,650,000
18,790,000
19,930,000
6.07%
29.81%
France
11,835,080
12,375,000
12,788,000
13,209,000
13,637,000
3.24%
15.23%
United States
8,933,456
9,353,737
9,662,234
10,016,302
10,382,000
3.65%
16.21%
4,919,408
5,275,243
5,695,226
6,069,693
6,486,529
6.87%
31.86%
Korea,
Republic of Japan
3,574,636
3,808,846
3,972,813
4,130,554
4,266,483
3.29%
19.35%
Russian Federation
1,365,000
1,598,000
1,927,000
2,256,000
2,535,000
12.37%
85.71%
Germany
1,926,300
2,108,700
2,247,700
2,340,800
2,439,700
4.23%
26.65%
957,950
1,035,850
1,126,000
1,214,000
1,397,000
15.07%
45.83%
Belgium
1,200,000
1,254,000
1,301,000
1,340,000
1,380,000
2.99%
15.%
Taiwan, Province of China
1,070,000
1,100,000
1,133,000
1,179,000
1,194,000
1.27%
11.59%
Netherlands
Source: Point Topic, Q3 2012
“Our task at the Broadband Forum is to provide globally applicable specifications and tools to ensure that service providers and vendors achieve standards based deployments. The Broadband Forum Certification Program continues to bolster the growth of superfast broadband, encouraging interoperability, innovation and faster rollouts,” concluded Mersh. For more information about the Broadband Forum and its work in these areas, please go to www.broadband-forum.org.
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