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Western Europe Gets Burst of Broadband Momentum

3:20 am on January 27, 2008 | Category: Internet, Telecom Services

There were a total of 310 million high-speed internet users worldwide by the middle of last year, according to recent data from Idate.

Surprisingly, it was Western Europe which enjoyed the strongest growth momentum in 2007 with 31% of the world’s new broadband connections, up from 28% in 2006. Much of this growth was fueled by Germany, which overtook the UK last year as Europe’s biggest high-speed internet market.

In the coming years Idate expects Europe’s momentum to be eclipsed by that of the Asia-Pacific region, which is already the global leader in broadband with 38% of all customers, and is expected to widen that gap as high-speed services catch on in dialup-dominated India and China.

Elsewhere in the world, Brazil and to a lesser extent, Russia, are expected to experience strong and steady broadband growth over the next few years.

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