According to TeleGeography, a leading telecom market research firm, the number of worldwide high-speed Internet subscriber lines surpassed 221 million at the end of 2005. The number comes out the latest analysis released in TeleGeography's World Broadband Yearbook. Most broadband subscribers -- about 65 percent -- access the Internet via DSL technology.
The global subscriber total increased 37 percent in 2005, from around 162 million a year earlier, and a little over 106 million in 2003. TeleGeography forecasts the total will grow to 286 million by the end of 2006, before climbing to 448 million by 2010.
A Breakdown of Broadband Subscribers Region by Region (from December 2005) is as follows:
- Asia-Pacific - 89,573,436
- Europe - 63,455,527
- U.S. & Canada - 53,270,000
- Latin America + Caribbean - 9,668,888
- Middle East - 3,863,210
- Africa - 1,987,200
- Global total - 221,818,261
The analysis includes:
- Subscriber growth by operator and technology
- Summary of service plans and tariffs offered by each operator
- Details on operators' network types and technology
- Regulatory analysis for each country with LLU status and VoIP legislation
- Forecasts for broadband growth covering the period 2006-2010
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