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Monday, 26 March 2012 01:14 |
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Ukraine 32%, India 24%, China 20%, Brazil 19%
66M new broadband connections in 2011 brought the world total to 597M, up 12% on the year. China added 27M and the U.S. 4M. DSL continues to dominate everywhere except the U.S. and Canada, with 61% of the market while cable has less than 20%. Below the full chart with the largest broadband nations first. Here's the same data sorted by % growth.
| Russia |
37% |
| Ukraine |
32% |
| India |
24% |
| China |
20% |
| Brazil |
19% |
| Mexico |
10% |
| France |
8% |
| Poland |
8% |
| Japan |
7% |
| Taiwan |
7% |
| Germany |
7% |
| Netherlands |
7% |
| Turkey |
6% |
| UK |
6% |
| Spain |
5% |
| U.S. |
5% |
| Canada |
5% |
| Korea |
4% |
| Australia |
4% |
| Italy |
3% |
The vigor of the emerging economies gave us the best growth in five years. China's 27M net adds are almost 40% of the world total. Russia's 5.6M are more than France, Germany, and Britain combined. Add Brazil and India, both 2.6M, and that's well over half the year's 59M net adds.
All data from the ever-invaluable Point Topic via the Broadband Forum.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:07 |
