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Date: 4th Nov 2010
Broadband subscribers worldwide to reach
16.5 million 3Q'2010 says iSuppli
Recovering from a slight decline in the second quarter,
global broadband subscriber growth is rebounding in the
third and fourth quarters as China's demand for high-speed
Internet access soars, according to the market research
firm iSuppli Corp.
Other points reported by iSuppli are:
1. Across the major segments of DSL, cable and fiber, the
number of new broadband subscribers worldwide
in the third quarter is projected to rise by 5.8 percent
to reach 16.5 million, iSuppli data show,
overcoming the seasonal downward pull of the previous period
when subscribers tumbled by 6.6
percent to 15.6 million.
2. All told, the projected third-quarter totals will show
that the market nearly caught up to the first-quarter figure
of 16.7 million. Furthermore, the bounce-back appears to
be a prelude to even loftier levels predicted
for the final quarter of 2010 as global broadband subscribers
rise by 7.3 percent to reach 17.7
million.
3. China continues to add broadband subscribers at a blistering
pace. Coming off a best-ever first quarter
that saw the addition of approximately 6.0 million subscribers,
growth in the second quarter slowed
only slightly with the addition of another 5.4 million.
No broadband slowdown is expected in the
world's most populous country, and each of the final two
quarters will see new subscribers numbering
5.7 million, iSuppli projections indicate.
"Broadband subscriber additions declined in the second
quarter because of normal seasonality as well as a poor
performance in the North American market," said Lee
Ratliff, senior analyst for broadband and digital home at
iSuppli. "However, Chinese consumers' insatiable demand
for high-speed Internet is so high that it will cause subscriber
numbers to rise again in the second half of the year."
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