China will surpass the US in broadband Internet growth

The proportion of broadband internet users in China is just behind the US

According to UK telecoms market research firm Point-Topic, it is likely that China will surpass the US next year to become the country with the largest broadband Internet use rate in the world. gender.

A recent Point-Topic survey shows that the US remains the world's number one broadband Internet growth country with 40.9 million new subscribers in the first nine months of 2005, followed by China with 35 million. New subscribers and Japan 20.9 million. Global growth figure of 37.9 million.

However, China's new subscriber base in the third quarter of 2005 was 3.6 million, far exceeding US $ 2.7 million. Therefore, Point-Topic forecast, with this growth rate, only China will outperform the US in the fourth quarter of 2006.

According to Point-Topic survey, the growth rate of digital subscriber line (DSL) worldwide broadband Internet increased by 28.8% compared to the 17.0% increase of cable subscribers, bringing the subscription rate DSL to 65.9% of total global broadband subscribers. In Southeast Asia, DSL growth is 12.9%.

However, in the Asia-Pacific region, DSL subscriber growth rates show signs of reaching the threshold and will decline in the coming years, especially in countries and territories such as Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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