Abstract
The year 2006 saw the Asia/Pacific broadband access services market continue
to grow at a rate close to In-Stat' s 2005 forecast. Broadband subscribers
reached 109.0 million in the 13 major markets in the region, a 25.9% increase
from 2005. The total market is envisaged to reach 231.3 million subscribers by
2011.
DSL still remains the leading technology for broadband access, while the
Asia/Pacific region proved to stand in the forefront of the FTTx evolution
worldwide. FTTx in Japan and South Korea reported over 10 million subscribers
in 2006, posing a strong DSL replacing trend. In China and India, the market
continued an impressive growth in 2006 and constitutes the bulk of new
subscribers.
In the forecast period, In-Stat expects the Asia/Pacific regional markets to
witness continuing transition from existing narrowband subscribers to
broadband, especially in broadband laggard markets. The changing paradigm
attributes to the growing demand for broadband applications. When the
subscribers get used to media-rich content, they will migrate from a
narrowband connection.
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