The number of fiber broadband subscriptions grew nearly...
The number of fiber broadband subscriptions grew nearly 13 percent in 2012, said the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in statistics (http://bit.ly/13QOvQQ) released Thursday. As of December, OECD members Japan and Korea led in fiber broadband penetration, with over…
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60 percent of fixed broadband lines based on fiber technology, it said. They were followed by Sweden, Estonia and the Slovak Republic, with the U.S. ranked 15th. Luxembourg, Austria, Turkey and Switzerland had the strongest annual growth in fiber penetration, said OECD. Broadband providers are investing in fiber networks to differentiate themselves from rivals, it said, and consumers and businesses benefit from faster and more reliable networks for advanced applications such as video on demand. Switzerland had the highest fixed broadband penetration per 100 inhabitants, followed by the Netherlands and Denmark, with the U.S. again 15th, it said. The U.S., however, led in total number of broadband subscriptions, followed by Japan and Germany, it said. As of December, the five largest wired broadband markets were the U.S. (32 percent); the rest of the OECD (30 percent); Japan (12 percent); Germany (10 percent); and the U.K. and France (8 percent), the organization said.