A new report from In-Stat forecasts that by 2011, total worldwide broadband subscribers will number 567 million, almost double the current 285 million subscriber base.
It adds that the past 12 months have seen approximately 65 million new broadband subscribers worldwide sign up for high-speed access to the internet.
Mike Paxton, In-Stat analyst, said: “The principal market driver for the adoption of broadband service is pretty straightforward: people want to access the Internet with a higher-speed connection.
“Beyond this basic desire, the emergence of online applications such as viewing video clips or TV programming, downloading music files, and even playing online games, are fuelling end-user demand for ‘fatter pipes.”
In addition, In-Stat predict that by 2011, worldwide DSL subscribers will account for 58% of all worldwide broadband connections, whilst by the same date there will be over 55 million households using a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture to provide broadband access.
A recent report from Leichtman Research Group said that the nineteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US acquired over 2.9 million net additional high-speed internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2007 (see 2.9 Million Add High-Speed Internet In The US).
Meanwhile, a report from the Broadband Stakeholder Group said that the UK’s current and planned broadband infrastructure may not meet the future needs of the most intensive users and could harm the UK’s competitiveness (see Challenges Ahead For UK Broadband).
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