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Global fixed broadband subscribers continues rapid growth, expected to hit 1.2 billion by 2025

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Thursday, March 7, 2019
Telecommunications, Broadband, Local loop, Network architecture, Digital technology, Information and communications technology, Fiber to the x

Following the announcement last October that there are now one billion global fixed broadband subscribers, this report is Point Topic's first worldwide broadband subscribers forecast providing the details behind that milestone, addressing the period between Q3 2018 and Q4 2025.

Key Points: 
  • Following the announcement last October that there are now one billion global fixed broadband subscribers, this report is Point Topic's first worldwide broadband subscribers forecast providing the details behind that milestone, addressing the period between Q3 2018 and Q4 2025.
  • The forecast states that some variant of fiber Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH), Fiber-To-The-Premises (FTTP) or Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB) will be used by 59% of fixed broadband subscribers globally by 2025.
  • The report also examines the impact of superfast 5G, predicting that fixed mobile convergence will mean that the next one billion subscribers could blend wireless and fixed subscriptions.
  • "As we look towards the next billion broadband subscriptions, fixed lines will continue to play a significant role.