DSL Forum Announces Latest DSL Subscriber Data: USA Second Only to Japan in DSL Connections
(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 11, 2003 ) London, England -- DSL - the world's most popular broadband technology - added another 10.7 million subscribers in the first half of 2003 according to new figures prepared for the international DSL Forum by London analyst firm, Point Topic. This brings the total number of subscribers to 46.7 million. North America added 1.2 million new subscriber s in the six month period, with Japan (at 8.257 million) being the only country overall with more connections than the USA's 7.575 million.
Additionally, the USA's growth rate for the six months was the third largest globally; only Japan and China grew by more subscribers. Western Europe showed the greatest growth for the first two quarters, where 12.8 million homes and businesses are now using broadband DSL, second only to Asia-Pacific at 17.8 million subscribers.
Regional Breakdown of DSL Subscribers
30 June 2003 (See pie chart & other charts in VPK or by going to link in highlights on home page: http://www.dslforum.org)
Seven of the 54 countries that now have commercial broadband DSL services accounted for almost 75% of the world's subscriber growth: Japan added 2.6 million; China and the USA added in excess of one million each and four European countries added more than half a million new DSL subscribers each.
Announcing the figures at the Broadband World Forum in London today, said Michael Brusca, vice president of strategy for the DSL Forum: "Western Europe is no longer playing catch up in the broadband race. More than half of the countries showing the greatest subscriber growth and half of the top 20 for DSL are in the region. While most subscribers around the world currently have ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), an increasing number of businesses are using SHDSL (symmetric DSL), and VDSL (very high bit rate DSL) is now being rolled out to deliver bandwidth hungry applications such as entertainment."
Six of the top ten countries showing fastest growth in DSL subscribers just started serious commercial deployment of broadband: Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Ireland, Poland, Columbia and Mexico. Fastest growth amongst established markets was Israel, where greater than 10% of telephone lines are now delivering the benefits of broadband DSL. At 94.1% growth, the United Kingdom is the fastest growing country in Western Europe, for the first six months of the year, achieving its first million subscribers to DSL services. Singapore and China, both showed growth of around 85%.
The DSL Forum has set a target for a global mass market for broadband DSL - 20% of all phone lines - 200 million subscribers by the end of 2005. South Korea remains the only country in the world to have achieved mass market status with 29.7% of its phone lines delivering DSL services using a combination of ADSL and VDSL. A further seven countries have achieved in excess of 10% phone line penetration, four have reached more than 9% and another eight are at greater than 5%.
Top 20 Countries: DSL Penetration of Phone Lines 30 June 2003 (See list in VPK or by going to link in highlights on home page: http://www.dslforum.org)
"Supporting the growth of DSL towards a global mass market, the Forum and its members focus on drivers that will increase the quality and availability of value added services and the uptake of DSL for both households and businesses," said David Greggains, vice president of operations for the DSL Forum. "Our latest technical reports (TR-058 and TR-059) on IP-centric Architecture Evolution are central to developing protocols necessary for quality of service for IP delivered offerings. This work will ensure that DSL provides an excellent platform for advanced services and together with our work on interoperability and network management, will lead to accelerated market growth. In parallel, the DSL Forum continues to promote the benefits of broadband DSL for all end user groups, through initiatives like DSLHome™, which is focused on educating users on how to best use their DSL connection for a networked home."
Point Topic's global broadband DSL data over the past five years shows a trend towards greater subscriber take up in the second half of each year. Expectations are that global figures will reach 60 million DSL subscribers by the end of 2003.
"It's great to see how DSL has grown. Four years ago only a few hundred thousand lines were in place around the world. Since then we've had the bursting telecom bubble and widespread recession, but DSL has kept powering on," says Tim Johnson, founder of Point Topic.
About the DSL Forum
DSL Forum is an international industry consortium of nearly 200 leading service providers, equipment manufacturers and other interested parties focused on developing the full potential of broadband DSL to meet the needs of the mass market. With the established goal of 200 million customers by 2005, DSL Forum works to streamline processes, develop specifications and share best practices that set the stage for effective deployments and explosive global DSL growth. By developing new standards and embracing new applications, DSL Forum is tailoring DSL to meet the needs of the
next generation of multi-media services and the online community.
Established in 1994, more information about the DSL Forum is available from its
Industry site www.dslforum.org. Information tailored to end-users is available on www.dsllife.com. DSL - more than a phone line - it's a global solution.
About Point Topic
Point Topic provides in-depth analysis of the business issues concerning broadband access to the Internet, especially DSL. Summary data provided at this press conference will be based on more detailed data that will be published by Point Topic shortly. For details go to: www.point-topic.com.
CONTACT: Kristi Kosloske/Hot Off the Presses PR, Inc. 1.773.755.2012 or
dslforum@hotpresspr.com
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Additionally, the USA's growth rate for the six months was the third largest globally; only Japan and China grew by more subscribers. Western Europe showed the greatest growth for the first two quarters, where 12.8 million homes and businesses are now using broadband DSL, second only to Asia-Pacific at 17.8 million subscribers.
Regional Breakdown of DSL Subscribers
30 June 2003 (See pie chart & other charts in VPK or by going to link in highlights on home page: http://www.dslforum.org)
Seven of the 54 countries that now have commercial broadband DSL services accounted for almost 75% of the world's subscriber growth: Japan added 2.6 million; China and the USA added in excess of one million each and four European countries added more than half a million new DSL subscribers each.
Announcing the figures at the Broadband World Forum in London today, said Michael Brusca, vice president of strategy for the DSL Forum: "Western Europe is no longer playing catch up in the broadband race. More than half of the countries showing the greatest subscriber growth and half of the top 20 for DSL are in the region. While most subscribers around the world currently have ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), an increasing number of businesses are using SHDSL (symmetric DSL), and VDSL (very high bit rate DSL) is now being rolled out to deliver bandwidth hungry applications such as entertainment."
Six of the top ten countries showing fastest growth in DSL subscribers just started serious commercial deployment of broadband: Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Ireland, Poland, Columbia and Mexico. Fastest growth amongst established markets was Israel, where greater than 10% of telephone lines are now delivering the benefits of broadband DSL. At 94.1% growth, the United Kingdom is the fastest growing country in Western Europe, for the first six months of the year, achieving its first million subscribers to DSL services. Singapore and China, both showed growth of around 85%.
The DSL Forum has set a target for a global mass market for broadband DSL - 20% of all phone lines - 200 million subscribers by the end of 2005. South Korea remains the only country in the world to have achieved mass market status with 29.7% of its phone lines delivering DSL services using a combination of ADSL and VDSL. A further seven countries have achieved in excess of 10% phone line penetration, four have reached more than 9% and another eight are at greater than 5%.
Top 20 Countries: DSL Penetration of Phone Lines 30 June 2003 (See list in VPK or by going to link in highlights on home page: http://www.dslforum.org)
"Supporting the growth of DSL towards a global mass market, the Forum and its members focus on drivers that will increase the quality and availability of value added services and the uptake of DSL for both households and businesses," said David Greggains, vice president of operations for the DSL Forum. "Our latest technical reports (TR-058 and TR-059) on IP-centric Architecture Evolution are central to developing protocols necessary for quality of service for IP delivered offerings. This work will ensure that DSL provides an excellent platform for advanced services and together with our work on interoperability and network management, will lead to accelerated market growth. In parallel, the DSL Forum continues to promote the benefits of broadband DSL for all end user groups, through initiatives like DSLHome™, which is focused on educating users on how to best use their DSL connection for a networked home."
Point Topic's global broadband DSL data over the past five years shows a trend towards greater subscriber take up in the second half of each year. Expectations are that global figures will reach 60 million DSL subscribers by the end of 2003.
"It's great to see how DSL has grown. Four years ago only a few hundred thousand lines were in place around the world. Since then we've had the bursting telecom bubble and widespread recession, but DSL has kept powering on," says Tim Johnson, founder of Point Topic.
About the DSL Forum
DSL Forum is an international industry consortium of nearly 200 leading service providers, equipment manufacturers and other interested parties focused on developing the full potential of broadband DSL to meet the needs of the mass market. With the established goal of 200 million customers by 2005, DSL Forum works to streamline processes, develop specifications and share best practices that set the stage for effective deployments and explosive global DSL growth. By developing new standards and embracing new applications, DSL Forum is tailoring DSL to meet the needs of the
next generation of multi-media services and the online community.
Established in 1994, more information about the DSL Forum is available from its
Industry site www.dslforum.org. Information tailored to end-users is available on www.dsllife.com. DSL - more than a phone line - it's a global solution.
About Point Topic
Point Topic provides in-depth analysis of the business issues concerning broadband access to the Internet, especially DSL. Summary data provided at this press conference will be based on more detailed data that will be published by Point Topic shortly. For details go to: www.point-topic.com.
CONTACT: Kristi Kosloske/Hot Off the Presses PR, Inc. 1.773.755.2012 or
dslforum@hotpresspr.com
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