World broadband market grows 4.9 percent in Q2The number of broadband subscribers worldwide increased 4.9 percent over the second quarter to a total 313.6 million, according to figures from market researcher Point Topic. Some 14.6 million additional subscribers were added in the three months to June. Year-on-year, the broadband market grew 27.2 percent, with over 67 million new subscribers added since June 2006. The broadband penetration in the world population was 5.5 percent at the end of June, up 0.3 point from March and up 1.2 points from a year earlier. On a regional basis, 27.6 percent of all broadband subscribers are in western Europe, 22.8 percent in North America, 20.7 percent in southeast Asia and 17.3 percent in the Asia Pacific region. Western Europe and North America have the highest penetration among the population, with both at 21.7 percent. As for countries with the highest broadband penetration, Denmark leads with 35 percent, followed by the Netherlands and Monaco. DSL remained the dominant access technology during the quarter, with 206.6 million connections, followed by cable modem with 68.6 million and FTTx with 33.9 million.
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