OECD Broadband penetration jumps to 15.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Over
the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased
33% from 136 million in June 2005 to 181 million in June 2006, according
to "OECD Broadband Statistics to June
2006" report. This
growth increased broadband penetration rates in the OECD from 11.7 in June
2005 to 15.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
DSL continues to be the leading platform in 28 OECD countries. Cable modem subscribers outnumber DSL in Canada and the United States.
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As of June 2006, six countries (Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Korea, Switzerland and Finland) led the OECD in broadband penetration, each with at least 25 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
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Denmark now leads the OECD with a broadband penetration rate of 29.3 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
- Fibre to the home (FTTH) is becoming increasingly important for broadband access. Municipal broadband projects are also expanding in many northern European countries and throughout the OECD. Telecommunciation operators in several OECD countries have also begun or announced large fibre-to-the-premises rollouts.
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Japan leads the OECD in fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) with 6.3 million fibre subscribers in June 2006. Fibre subscribers alone in Japan outnumber total broadband subscribers in 22 of the 30 OECD countries.
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The United States has the largest total number of broadband subscribers in the OECD at 57 million. US broadband subscribers now represent 36% of all broadband connections in the OECD, up from 31% in December 2005.
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The breakdown of broadband technologies in June 2006 is as follows:
o DSL: 63%
o Cable modem: 29%
o Other technologies (e.g. satellite, fibre and fixed wireless) : 8%
| Broadband
Subscribers per 100 Inhabitants By Technology, June 2006 |
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|
DSL |
Cable |
Other |
Total |
Rank |
Total Subscribers |
|
|
Denmark |
17.4 |
9.0 |
2.8 |
29.3 |
1 |
1 590 539 |
|
Netherlands |
17.2 |
11.1 |
0.5 |
28.8 |
2 |
4 705 829 |
|
Iceland |
26.5 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
27.3 |
3 |
80 672 |
|
Korea |
13.2 |
8.8 |
4.5 |
26.4 |
4 |
12 770 911 |
|
Switzerland |
16.9 |
9.0 |
0.4 |
26.2 |
5 |
1 945 358 |
|
Finland |
21.7 |
3.1 |
0.2 |
25.0 |
6 |
1 309 800 |
| Norway |
20.4 |
3.8 |
0.4 |
24.6 |
7 |
1 137 697 |
| Sweden* |
14.4 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
22.7 |
8 |
2 046 222 |
|
Canada |
10.8 |
11.5 |
0.1 |
22.4 |
9 |
7 161 872 |
|
United Kingdom |
14.6 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
19.4 |
10 |
11 622 929 |
|
Belgium |
11.9 |
7.4 |
0.0 |
19.3 |
11 |
2 025 112 |
|
United States |
8.0 |
9.8 |
1.4 |
19.2 |
12 |
56 502 351 |
|
Japan |
11.3 |
2.7 |
4.9 |
19.0 |
13 |
24 217 012 |
|
Luxembourg |
16.0 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
17.9 |
14 |
81 303 |
|
Austria |
11.2 |
6.3 |
0.2 |
17.7 |
15 |
1 460 000 |
|
France |
16.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
17.7 |
16 |
11 105 000 |
|
Australia |
13.9 |
2.9 |
0.6 |
17.4 |
17 |
3 518 100 |
|
Germany |
14.7 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
15.1 |
18 |
12 444 600 |
|
Spain |
10.5 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
13.6 |
19 |
5 917 082 |
|
Italy |
12.6 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
13.2 |
20 |
7 697 249 |
|
Portugal |
7.9 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
12.9 |
21 |
1 355 602 |
|
New Zealand |
10.7 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
11.7 |
22 |
479 000 |
|
Czech Republic** |
3.9 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
9.4 |
23 |
962 000 |
|
Ireland |
6.8 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
9.2 |
24 |
372 300 |
|
Hungary |
4.8 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
7.8 |
25 |
791 555 |
|
Poland |
3.9 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
5.3 |
26 |
2 032 700 |
|
Turkey |
2.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
27 |
2 128 600 |
|
Slovak Republic |
2.2 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
2.9 |
28 |
155 659 |
|
Mexico* |
2.1 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
29 |
2 950 988 |
|
Greece |
2.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
30 |
298 222 |
|
OECD |
9.7 |
4.6 |
1.2 |
15.5 |
|
180 866 265 |
|
Source: OECD
Notes:
* Data for Mexico and Sweden
are preliminary estimates.
** The OECD statistics for the
"Other Broadband" category of the Czech Republic
include a large number of fixed wireless broadband connections
provided over mobile networks.
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