Strategy Analytics: France Telecom Outperforms European Broadband Market; AOL, Pan Europe ISPs Struggle to Grow.LONDON -- With 7.6 million broadband subscribers at the end of 2005, France Telecom remains the largest broadband service provider An ISP, telephone company, cable company or other carrier that offers high-speed communications to homes and businesses, typically for Internet access. Cable modems, DSL and T1 lines are the common technologies. See broadband, cable modem, DSL and T1. in Europe, 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 Strategy Analytics Broadband Service Provider Subscriber Database. At the end of 2005, the 76 service providers in the database accounted for more than 52 million broadband subscriptions in 20 European countries, an increase of 53 percent from the same period in 2004. This represents 86 percent of the total 2005 European broadband market. After a strong fourth quarter for Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. , in which they gained one million new subscribers, the Italian incumbent reclaimed the number two position on the European top-list from Deutsche Telekom's broadband division T-Online. Struggling with growth in France and Germany, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Telefonica surpassed AOL for the first time in 12 months. For the first time in 18 months, NTL's inclusion of the merged Telewest network saw it edge in front of UK incumbent, BT. Vodafone-owned, German competitive operator, Arcor, continued to show strong growth, climbing from the number 19 spot to number 16, and overtaking o·ver·take tr.v. o·ver·took , o·ver·tak·en , o·ver·tak·ing, o·ver·takes 1. a. To catch up with; draw even or level with. b. To pass after catching up with. 2. three incumbents (PT, TDC TDC Top Dead Center TDC Time-to-Digital Converter TDC Tabular Data Control TDC Total Development Cost TDC Texas Department of Corrections TDC The Discovery Channel TDC Torpedo Data Computer TDC Theater Deployable Communications and Belgacom) in the process. "Today France Telecom remains the undisputed largest broadband service provider in Europe," said Senior Analyst, Martin Olausson. "However, with several large competitive operators still standing as acquisition targets in Europe, that could quickly change." About Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics, Inc. - a global research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a - provides timely insights and strategic business solutions to companies operating at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies. With worldwide headquarters in Boston, MA. and principal offices in England, France and Germany, Strategy Analytics focuses on market opportunities and challenges in the areas of Automotive Electronics & Multimedia, Digital Consumer, Wireless Strategies and Enabling Technologies. For more information, see www.strategyanalytics.com |
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