News
09/06/2011
197 million FTTH/B in 2015
World FTTx Markets
197 million FTTH/B subscribers expected around the world in 2015:
What to expect in terms of their consumption and demands?
At a time when FTTx is developing at a disparate pace around the globe – with an overall forecast of 227 million FTTH/B subscribers on the planet by 2015 – IDATE is announcing the upcoming publication of an international survey of residential ultra-fast broadband subscribers.
The ultra-fast broadband market continues to develop swiftly in most corners of the globe, in terms of both subscriber numbers and homes passed.
During the 5th annual ultra-fast broadband symposium in Paris (5èmes assises du très haut debit), the Director of IDATE’s Telecom Business Unit, Roland Montagne, will be giving a talk about the status of FTTx rollouts around the globe, drawing on the findings of his unit’s FTTx Watch Service.
At the end of 2010, there were close to 61 million FTTH/B subscribers around the world, which marks a more than 53% increase over the previous year. This momentum is expected to result in a substantial rise in the number of homes passed for fibre over the next five years: at the end of 2015, there will be close to 493 million homes passed for FTTH/B worldwide, of which more than half will still be located in Asia, and 15% in Western Europe.
Exclusive survey: this July, IDATE will be publishing the first every international survey of residential broadband and ultra-fast broadband subscribers – whose aim is to better understand the mechanisms and reasons governing the switch from broadband to ultra-fast broadband (UFB).
Any analysis of the development of ultra-fast broadband around the world still relies to a large degree on examining operators’ rollouts and the services they market. The latest data on homes passed and actual subscribers reveal huge disparities in national FTTH/B penetration rates, without offering any detailed explanation. The report being drafted by IDATE explores the topic of FTTH/B market development from the demand side of the equation, in other words by conducting a survey of the users themselves.
The goal of this original survey is to take stock of the situation from various angles, including equipment levels, connectivity, consumers’ current and future requirements, etc. The ultimate purpose being to achieve a deeper understanding of the process of switching from broadband to ultra-fast broadband, and to deliver concrete explanations of what consumers view as incentives or disincentives to switch.
The survey carried out in May and June in four countries – the United States, Japan, France and Sweden – will be available in July.
Valérie Chaillou
Manager of the FTTx Watch Service project
v.chaillou@idate.org
