1. 1 Announcing … Global broadband subscribers to 30 June 2005 Total: 176 million 115 million * 65% * choose DSL

2. 2 Announcing … 24.5 million extra broadband subscribers [Jan-June 2005] –DSL subscribers up 17.7 million –Other broadband up 6.8 million –DSL adds 2.6 subscribers for each one subscriber to other technologies

3. 3 USA – the world’s largest total broadband population at 38 million China – the world’s largest broadband DSL population at 21.23 million European Union – the world’s largest total broadband region at 47.5 million European Union – the world’s largest broadband DSL region at 38.48 million –DSL = 81% of the region’s total broadband Announcing …

4. 4 Total Broadband Regional Shares

5. 5 RankingCountryBroadband Total Penetration by Population 1USA38,200,981 2China30,843,000 3Japan20,650,500 4South Korea12,260,915 5France8,323,000 6UK7,961,938 7Germany7,878,497 8Canada6,086,959 9Italy5,460,555 10Spain4,094,017 11Taiwan4,025,000 12Netherlands3,566,566 13Brazil2,562,157 14Australia2,117,300 Total Broadband Top Countries By penetration of population

6. 6 RankingCountryBroadband Total Penetration by Population 1South Korea25.58 2Hong Kong22.94 3Netherlands21.90 4Denmark21.47 5Switzerland20.13 6Canada19.19 7Taiwan17.81 8Belgium17.58 9Israel16.47 10Sweden16.38 11Japan16.18 12France13.89 13UK13.71 14USA13.14 15Australia10.62 16Spain10.00 Total Broadband Top Countries By penetration of population

7. 7 Broadband DSL Regional Shares

8. 8 RankingCountryDSL Subscribers Q2 2005 1China21,230,000 2USA15,929,322 3Japan14,168,000 4France 7,803,000 5Germany7,800,000 6South Korea6,678,107 7UK5,691,000 8Italy5,135,000 9Taiwan3,360,000 10Spain3,271,771 11Canada2,921,259 12Brazil2,400,957 13Netherlands2,147,000 14Australia1,586,000 15Belgium1,149,350 Broadband DSL Top Countries By total subscribers

9. 9 Ranking Q2 2005 CountryDSL Subscribers Q2 2005 Penetration of Telephone Lines Q2 2005 1South Korea6,678,10728.71 2Taiwan3,360,00025.65 3France7,803,00022.95 4Belgium1,149,35022.39 5Netherlands2,147,00021.47 6Japan14,168,00019.91 7Italy5,135,00018.71 8Spain3,271,77117.49 9UK5,698,00016.21 10Australia1,586,00014.98 11Canada2,921,25914.63 12Germany7,800,00014.52 Broadband DSL Top Countries By penetration of phone lines

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