Broadband and telecom
OECD Broadband Statistics, December 2005
The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the OECD continued to increase in the first half of 2005 from 119 million to 137 million. Broadband penetration in the OECD grew by 15% in the first half of the year to 11.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. As penetration grows, broadband providers in the OECD increasingly are offering voice and video services over this platform. The speeds offered by providers are also increasing. Other main highlights from the first half of 2005 are :
- Broadband subscribers in the OECD reached 137 million by mid-year 2005, adding 18 million broadband subscribers since January.
- The OECD broadband penetration rate reached 11.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants in June 2005, up from 10.2 subscribers per 100 inhabitants in December 2004.
- Korea maintains its lead in OECD broadband penetration with 25.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
- The Netherlands has the second-highest penetration at 22.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland complete the top five countries for broadband penetration.
- The strongest per-capita growth over the past 12 months has been in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom.
- DSL is now the leading broadband platform in 28 OECD countries. Canada and the United States are the two countries with more cable modem than DSL subscribers.
- The "Other broadband" category had the highest percentage growth in the past six months, growing 13%.
- The breakdown of broadband technologies in June 2005 is as follows:
- DSL: 61.2%
- Cable modem: 32.0%
- Other technologies: 6.8%, (e.g. fibre optics, LAN, satellite and fixed wireless)
Last updated on 20 October 2005
Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, June 2005
|
DSL |
Cable |
Other |
Total* |
Rank |
Total Subscribers |
|
|
Korea |
13.9 |
8.9 |
2.7 |
25.5 |
1 |
12 260 969 |
|
Netherlands |
13.6 |
8.9 |
0 |
22.5 |
2 |
3 642 315 |
|
Denmark |
13.2 |
6.1 |
2.4 |
21.8 |
3 |
1 176 637 |
|
Iceland |
21.0 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
21.7 |
4 |
63 553 |
|
Switzerland |
12.7 |
7.2 |
0.4 |
20.3 |
5 |
1 515 446 |
|
Canada |
9.4 |
9.7 |
0.1 |
19.2 |
6 |
6 142 662 |
|
Finland |
16.3 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
18.7 |
7 |
978 600 |
|
Belgium |
11.0 |
7.3 |
0 |
18.2 |
8 |
1 899 652 |
|
Norway |
14.8 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
18.2 |
9 |
836 060 |
|
Sweden |
11.3 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
16.5 |
10 |
1 482 843 |
|
Japan |
11.0 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
16.4 |
11 |
20 953 090 |
|
United States |
5.5 |
8.0 |
1.1 |
14.5 |
12 |
42 645 815 |
|
United Kingdom |
9.7 |
3.8 |
0 |
13.5 |
13 |
8 095 000 |
|
France |
11.9 |
0.8 |
0 |
12.8 |
14 |
7 935 900 |
|
Austria |
7.0 |
5.4 |
0.1 |
12.5 |
15 |
1 025 036 |
|
Luxembourg |
10.4 |
1.3 |
0 |
11.8 |
16 |
52 920 |
|
Australia |
8.5 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
10.9 |
17 |
2 183 300 |
|
Germany |
9.9 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
10.2 |
18 |
8 439 732 |
|
Italy |
9.4 |
0 |
0.6 |
10.0 |
19 |
5 783 319 |
|
Portugal |
5.1 |
4.7 |
0 |
9.9 |
20 |
1 031 491 |
|
Spain |
7.0 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
9.3 |
21 |
3 949 234 |
|
New Zealand |
6.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
6.9 |
22 |
283 798 |
|
Hungary |
2.9 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
4.6 |
23 |
469 186 |
|
Ireland |
3.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
4.3 |
24 |
175 500 |
|
Poland |
2.5 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
25 |
1 250 000 |
|
Czech Republic |
1.8 |
1.0 |
0 |
2.8 |
26 |
284 200 |
|
Slovak Republic |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
1.6 |
27 |
86 958 |
|
Turkey |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
28 |
862 843 |
|
Mexico |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0 |
1.0 |
29 |
1 051 854 |
|
Greece |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
30 |
93 287 |
|
OECD |
7.2 |
3.8 |
0.8 |
11.8 |
|
136 651 000 |
 |
Broadband penetration, historic, G7 countries |
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Total broadband subscriptions, top 5 countries, June 2005 |
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