Fixed broadband subscribers to hit 548m worldwide
Fixed broadband subscribers totalled 430.7 million in 2009, according to new figures from ABI Research.
ABI estimates that the number of worldwide fixed broadband subscribers will rise to 548 million in 2015, a 2010-2015 compound annual growth rate of 3%.
It said that despite the hype around mobile broadband, fixed broadband subscriber adoption is still growing robustly.
According to the European Interactive Advertising Association, Europeans are spending more time on the mobile internet than reading newspapers or magazines.
Jake Saunders, VP for forecasting at ABI Research, said: “Fixed broadband is an attractive platform for the delivery of IPTV, gaming services with low latency, rapid access to web content, and secure access to non-building access points (eg vehicular traffic monitoring units).
“Technologies such as fiber-to-the-home, VDSL and GPON are helping to keep fixed broadband relevant to end-users – both in the home and office.”