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The OECD website for broadband statistics (http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband) will contain additional indicators from November 2007. These include: broadband prices; advertised broadband speeds; the number of households with a home computer; and the number of businesses with broadband connections and company websites.
OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million in June 2007. This growth increased broadband penetration rates in the OECD from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
The main highlights for June 2007 are:
* Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Korea, Norway and Iceland lead the OECD in broadband penetration, each with over 29 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
* The strongest per-capita subscriber growth over the year was in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Luxembourg. Each country added more than 5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants during the past year.
* Operators in several countries continue upgrading subscriber lines to fibre. Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and Fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) subscriptions now comprise 8% of all broadband connections in the OECD, up from 7% one year ago, and the percentage is growing. Fiber connections account for 36% of all broadband subscriptions in Japan, and 31% in Korea.
* The United States is the largest broadband market in the OECD with 66.2 million subscribers. US broadband subscribers now represent 30% of all broadband connections in the OECD.
Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, June 2007
| |
DSL
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Cable
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Fibre/
LAN
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Other
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Total
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Rank
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Total Subscribers
|
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Denmark
|
21.3
|
9.7
|
2.9
|
0.4
|
34.3
|
1
|
1 866 306
|
|
Netherlands
|
20.4
|
12.7
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
33.5
|
2
|
5 470 000
|
|
Switzerland*
|
20.5
|
9.3
|
0.0
|
0.9
|
30.7
|
3
|
2 322 577
|
|
Korea
|
10.1
|
10.6
|
9.2
|
0.0
|
29.9
|
4
|
14 441 687
|
|
Norway
|
22.7
|
4.5
|
1.8
|
0.7
|
29.8
|
5
|
1 388 047
|
|
Iceland
|
29.0
|
0.0
|
0.2
|
0.6
|
29.8
|
6
|
90 622
|
| Finland |
24.4
|
3.7
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
28.8
|
7
|
1 518 900
|
| Sweden |
17.9
|
5.6
|
4.6
|
0.4
|
28.6
|
8
|
2 596 000
|
|
Canada**
|
11.9
|
12.9
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
25.0
|
9
|
8 142 320
|
| Belgium |
14.5
|
9.2
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
23.8
|
10
|
2 512 884
|
|
United Kingdom
|
18.4
|
5.3
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
23.7
|
11
|
14 361 816
|
| Australia*** |
18.3
|
3.4
|
0.0
|
0.9
|
22.7
|
12
|
4 700 200
|
| France |
21.4
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
22.5
|
13
|
14 250 000
|
| Luxembourg** |
19.8
|
2.4
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
22.2
|
14
|
105 134
|
|
United States**
|
9.3
|
11.5
|
0.6
|
0.7
|
22.1
|
15
|
66 213 257
|
|
Japan
|
10.8
|
2.9
|
7.6
|
0.0
|
21.3
|
16
|
27 152 349
|
|
Germany
|
20.2
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
21.2
|
17
|
17 472 000
|
| Austria |
11.4
|
6.6
|
0.0
|
0.6
|
18.6
|
18
|
1 543 518
|
|
Spain
|
13.3
|
3.6
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
17.0
|
19
|
7 483 790
|
|
New Zealand
|
14.6
|
1.1
|
0.0
|
0.8
|
16.5
|
20
|
683 500
|
| Italy |
15.4
|
0.0
|
0.4
|
0.0
|
15.8
|
21
|
9 307 000
|
|
Ireland
|
11.1
|
1.6
|
0.0
|
2.6
|
15.4
|
22
|
653 000
|
| Portugal |
9.2
|
5.4
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
14.7
|
23
|
1 555 641
|
| Czech Republic |
5.5
|
2.5
|
0.3
|
3.9
|
12.2
|
24
|
1 252 300
|
|
Hungary
|
6.8
|
4.7
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
11.6
|
25
|
1 170 290
|
|
Poland
|
5.5
|
2.4
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
8.0
|
26
|
3 040 000
|
| Greece** |
7.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
7.1
|
27
|
787 000
|
|
Slovak Republic
|
3.9
|
0.8
|
1.1
|
1.0
|
6.8
|
28
|
368 454
|
| Turkey |
5.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
5.2
|
29
|
3 767 912
|
|
Mexico
|
3.5
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
4.6
|
30
|
4 804 282
|
|
OECD
|
11.6
|
5.4
|
1.4
|
0.3
|
18.8
|
|
221 020 786
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Notes: All data are supplied by member governments unless otherwise noted. Data are provided to member governments for verification before publication.
* Data is from the Swiss government and the national cable association
** OECD estimation based on company reporting
*** DCITA estimation in absence of official ABS statistics
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