OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2006

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2006

	This page is directly accessible at <http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/ 
broadband>
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. 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. The main highlights for the first half of 2006 are:

Northern European countries have continued their advance with high  
broadband penetration rates. In 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.

Denmark now leads the OECD with a broadband penetration rate of 29.3  
subscribers per 100 inhabitants.

The strongest per-capita subscriber growth comes from Denmark,  
Australia, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden and  
the United Kingdom.
Each country added more than 6 subscribers per 100 inhabitants during  
the past year.

Fibre to the home is becoming  increasingly important for broadband  
access, particularly in countries with high broadband penetration. In  
Denmark, Danish power companies are rolling out fibre to consumers as  
they work to bury overhead power lines. 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.

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.

The total number of ADSL subscriptions in Korea and Japan have  
continued to decline as more users upgrade to fibre-based connections.

DSL continues to be the leading platform in 28 OECD countries. Cable  
modem subscribers outnumber DSL in Canada and the United States.

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.

Canada continues to lead the G7 group of industrialized countries in  
broadband penetration.

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%

Released: 13 October 2006


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