DSL Subscribers Worldwide Sail Past the 100 Million Mark; 35.5 Million New Global DSL Subscribers in 2004.HANNOVER, Germany -- North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. 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 Surpasses 16 Million in 2004 While DSL Subscriber Base in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Grows More Than 100% Global DSL subscribers sailed past the 100 million mark in February 2005, 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. the latest data produced for the 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. by industry analyst Point Topic. Figures for 2004 reveal that people are choosing DSL for broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. at the rate of one every second. Growth in DSL - the world's most popular broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. - approached 60%, with more than 96 million global DSL subscribers by the year-end. In the USA specifically, another 4.3 million DSL subscribers were added in the year, bringing the total number of US DSL subscribers to 13.7 million. Canada now Canada Now (more formally CBC News: Canada Now) is the early-evening national news program aired on CBC Television, the main English television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, between 2000 and 2007. has 2.65 million DSL subscribers and Latin America sits at 3.4 million, with Brazil leading the way with more than half of the region's subscribers. Americas - Total DSL Subscribers by Country and Region, Q4 2003 to Q4 2004 ------------------------------------------------------ Country Q4 03 Total Q4 04 Total ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Argentina 114,000 310,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Brazil 1,013,000 1,900,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Chile 200,000 260,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Mexico 180,000 560,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Rest of Latin America 155,000 360,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Latin America Total 1,662,000 3,390,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- Canada 2,200,000 2,650,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- USA 9,400,000 13,730,000 ----------------------- --------------- -------------- North America Total 11,600,000 16,400,000 ------------------------------------------------------ Source: DSL Forum and Point Topic Newer broadband markets showed the fastest growth throughout 2004. Detailed global charts are viewable at http://www.dslforum.org/PressRoom/0510_Factsheet.pdf. Turkey, which is now approaching half a million DSL subscribers, showed 725% increase in the year, the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. 589% and Ireland 351%. Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Lithuania all experienced DSL subscriber growth of 100% or more. Beyond the US, other established DSL markets also sustained strong growth in subscriber numbers. China, the world's largest DSL population, saw a 2004 increase in DSL subscribers of more than 8.5 million. Rapid growth in European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community subscribers in both established and emerging broadband markets, reinforced the EU's position as the number one DSL region worldwide. France came first with 3.25 million DSL subscribers added over the year. The UK grew by 2.8 million, Italy by 1.73 million and Germany by 1.4 million. "It is a significant success to have reached the 100 million subscriber milestone, with rapid growth in every region of the world," said Steve Kingdom, newly elected president of the DSL Forum. "It is also fitting that this accomplishment was announced at CeBIT 2005, as consumer electronics and the connected home have been, and will continue to be, major drivers in DSL deployment. We must now turn our sights to facilitating the achievement of our target of 500 million DSL subscribers by 2010." Tim Johnson of Point Topic said: "While ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line continues to dominate current DSL connectivity, deployment increasingly includes newer DSL options. ADSL2plus is rapidly growing in Sweden, Norway and France, with trials beginning in the USA and services coming on-stream in the Netherlands in 2005. This is increasingly the basis for triple play services. VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line had at least 5 million connections by the end of 2004 - mostly in South Korea, Japan and China. VDSL2, delivering 100 Mbps over a single phone line, may provide new impetus when that is standardized in May 2005. We are also starting to see increased roll out of symmetric DSL See DSL. services, with 1.2 million subscribers worldwide by the end of 2004." Global DSL subscriber details were announced at CeBIT 2005 (Hall 13, Stand D37), where the DSL Forum is exhibiting the interactive DSLHome(TM) Showcase, bringing CeBIT visitors the opportunity to experience firsthand how DSL can improve their customers' lives. Focusing on educating attendees about the potential of the newly evolved IP-centric DSL architecture, and the variety of exciting services that DSL empowers, the show provides a tour of the intelligent home, including hands-on demonstrations of video on demand, streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. , IP telephony, online gaming, medical applications, parental control and video conferencing. About the DSL Forum The DSL Forum is an international industry consortium of more than 200 leading service providers, equipment manufacturers and other interested parties, focused on developing the full potential of broadband DSL to meet the needs of the mass market. Working to streamline processes, develop specifications and share best practices, the Forum's work sets the stage for effective deployments, and explosive global DSL growth. By evolving DSL technology to embrace new applications, the DSL Forum is tailoring DSL to meet the needs of the next generation of multi-media services and the online community. Recognized as the voice of the DSL industry, the Forum has set a target of 500 million broadband DSL subscribers by 2010. More information about the DSL Forum is available from its industry site www.dslforum.org. Information tailored to end-users is available on www.dsllife.com. DSL - more than a phone line - it's a global solution. |
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