Analysts: Australia to hit 7.7 million fixed broadband users by 2014
- 14 August, 2009 18:36
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Australia is set to hit 7.7 million fixed broadband users by 2014 according to analyst firm, Frost & Sullivan.
The Asia-Pacific region is set to hit 182 million fixed broadband subscribers by the end of 2009 despite the growth of mobile broadband, which recently accounted for a third of Vodafone Hutchinson Australia’s (VHA) revenue.
Frost & Sullivan industry analyst, Adeel Najam, expected much of the growth to come on the back of government-funded fibre connection projects like Australia’s national broadband network (NBN).
“Consumer appetite for broadband will be spurred by the demand for high throughput value-added services such as IPTV and video-on-demand,” he said in a statement.
According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 6.7 million Australians were broadband subscribers in December 2008, representing a total broadband penetration of just 31.8 per cent.
But Frost & Sullivan forecasts the fixed household broadband penetration rate will rise rapidly reach 81.7 per cent and 7.7 million by 2014.
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Steve Miller
It's about time people came back down to reality. This NBN is not going to happen. We have had nothing but talk talk talk and no plans, details, construction starting, nothing! It won't happen.
RL
D**khead!
Steve Miller, you must be a liberal supporter or a Telstra shareholder who loves to see Australia fall behind the rest of the world. FYI, construction in Tasmania should start in October, while construction inland (Fibre backhaul) should begin sometime next year. This NBN WILL happen. What's NOT going to happen is the net filter. Pointless waste of money in my opinion. A FTTP network, once it's built, should last for more than 50 years, more than plenty of time to get a return on investment.
Slammin Sam
Embarrassed
i am embarrassed every single time i tell my relatives and friends overseas that here in australia, we have an unlimited internet with a 20gb download limit. thanks telstra.
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