DSL Popularity Accelerates as Gap Widens in Broadband Race; DSL Forum Announces More Than 5 Million Choose DSL Broadband in Q3 2002.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2002 Global DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary subscribers grew by five million in the third quarter of 2002, reaching a total of more than 30.6 million, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures announced by DSL Forum The DSL Forum is a world wide consortium of about 200 companies which are part of the different divisions of the telecommunication and information technology sector. The DSL Forum was founded in 1994 and is used as a platform for companies that operate in the broadband market. at its San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden meeting today and provided by London-based industry analyst Point Topic. That is an average of 1.67 million people per month choosing DSL broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). , up from 1.13 million per month on average for the first six months of 2002. If growth continues at this rate approaching 20%, by the end of 2002 more than 36 million homes and businesses around the world will be online with DSL broadband. "With an extra half a million people every month choosing DSL for their broadband connections See broadband and wireless broadband. in the past quarter, the pace of subscriber growth is accelerating fast," said Bill Rodey, DSL Forum chairman. "We are on track for 100% growth in global subscribers this calendar year, ensuring that DSL widens the gap in the broadband race. It is clear that we are well on the way to our target of a global mass market of 200 million DSL broadband subscribers in 2005. In a tough consumer and business economy, this is a significant achievement, demonstrating a growing appreciation of the real benefits that DSL broadband delivers." Asia Pacific continues to lead the way with a 40% share of the world's global broadband DSL subscribers. Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). has moved into second place with 24.34% share, just ahead of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at 23.84%.
Regional Totals as at 30 September 2002
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Region Total DSL % of Global Residential Residential %
Subscribers DSL DSL of Users
(000s) Subscribers Subscribers
(000s)
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Asia-
Pacific 12,283.61 40.12 10635.78 86.59
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Western
Europe 7,451.89 24.34 6111.19 82.01
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North
America 7,299.70 23.84 5685.26 77.88
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South &
South East
Asia 2654.00 8.67 2487.6 93.73
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Latin
America 702.71 2.30 560.23 79.72
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Eastern
Europe 98.1 0.32 54.46 55.51
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Middle East
& Africa 123.66 0.40 98.24 79.44
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Global
Totals 30613.68 100.00 25632.76 83.73
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Region Business DSL Business % % Growth
Subscribers of Users (Q3)
(000s)
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Asia-
Pacific 1647.83 13.41 14.68
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Western
Europe 1340.7 17.99 16.84
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North
America 1614.45 22.12 11.07
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South &
South East
Asia 166.4 6.27 136.77
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Latin
America 142.48 20.28 13.47
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Eastern
Europe 43.64 44.49 35.12
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Middle East
& Africa 25.42 20.56 15.35
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Global
Totals 4980.92 16.27 19.8%
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Fastest regional growth in the quarter was in South & South-East Asia South-East Asia n → le Sud-Est asiatique South-East Asia south n → Südostasien nt South-East Asia n → where China sustained over 200% growth to more than two million subscribers - a massive 845% growth since the end of 2001. Percentage penetration of main phone lines, though, is the key indicator of broadband DSL's success. Globally, 3.2% of the world's main phone lines now carry DSL services. In Asia Pacific that figure rises to 8.35%, with North America in second place at 3.47% and Western Europe close behind at 3.45%. South and South-East Asia has now reached 1.22% and the rest of the world is below one percent. Highest growth countries in the third quarter were China at 214%, Norway Norway, Nor. Norge, officially Kingdom of Norway, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 4,593,000), 125,181 sq mi (324,219 sq km), N Europe, occupying the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. at 211% and Croatia Croatia (krōā`shə), Croatian Hrvatska, officially Republic of Croatia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,496,000), 21,824 sq mi (56,524 sq km), in the northwest corner of the Balkan Peninsula. at 150%. Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. continues to be the only country in the world with a true mass market already in place with more than six million DSL subscribers (26.74% of main phone lines). Nearly 40% of its households now have DSL broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. .
DSL Market Penetration to 30 September 2002: Top 20 Countries
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Position Country DSL Subscriber DSL Subscriber DSL Subscriber
Penetration of Penetration of Penetration of
main phone lines households population
Q3 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q3 Position Q3 Position
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002
1 1 South Korea 26.74 26.14 39.14 1 12.73 1
2 2 Taiwan 12.69 11.07 24.39 2 7.27 2
3 3 Hong Kong 10.04 9.78 19.14 3 5.83 4
4 - Iceland 9.45 10.00 7 6.27 3
5 4 Belgium 8.70 7.79 10.41 6 4.29 8
6 5 Canada 7.20 6.34 12.59 4 4.71 6
7 6 Denmark 6.87 6.10 8.36 10 4.97 5
8 10 Sweden 5.95 4.36 9.79 8 4.40 7
9 9 Japan 5.56 4.44 8.98 9 3.32 10
10 8 Singapore 5.39 4.73 10.89 5 2.54 11
11 7 Germany 5.36 5.12 7.34 11 3.40 9
12 12 Estonia 4.79 4.11 3.75 18 1.69 17
13 11 Finland 4.62 4.21 5.48 =14 2.53 12
14 13 Spain 4.29 3.86 5.98 12 1.85 16
15 14 Austria 4.08 3.69 4.77 16 1.91 15
16 16 Israel 3.23 2.88 5.71 13 1.54 18
17 17 USA 3.07 2.73 5.48 =14 2.04 13
18 15 Norway 2.73 3.10 4.12 17 1.97 14
19 19 France 2.59 2.14 3.69 19 1.49 19
20 - Italy 2.57 2.05 3.31 20 1.21 20
Global
Averages 3.20 2.55 2.53 0.69
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About DSL Forum DSL Forum is a consortium of nearly 250 leading industry telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , equipment, computing computing - computer , networking and service provider companies. Established in 1994, the Forum continues its drive for a mass market for broadband DSL, to deliver the benefits of this technology to end users around the world over existing copper telephone wire infrastructures. In eight years, DSL Forum has moved through defining the core Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and technology to delivering maximum effectiveness in its deployment and use. More information on DSL Forum is available from its industry site www.dslforum.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. . Information tailored to end-users is available on www.dsllife.com. DSL - more than a phone line . . .it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have a global solution. About Point Topic Point Topic provides in-depth analysis of the business issues concerning broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , especially DSL. Summary data provided in this news release will be part of Point Topic's next full report. For details go to: www.point-topic.co.uk |
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