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Broadband subscribers grow 8.6% to 643.77 million in 2012
2013-04-16 10:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The global number of broadband subscribers rose by 50 million in 2012 to reach a total of 643.77 million by the end of December, according to Point Topic data released by the Broadband Forum. The 8.6 percent annual growth was driven by the surge in superfast broadband, with fibre, particularly FTTx/VDSL2 hybrid deployments playing a key role.
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Category:Telecommunications