Released on: October 25, 2007, 6:30 am

Press Release Author: InfoCom

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: According to the newest InfoCom's findings, the independent
market analyst specialist, at end of 2Q07, while number of broadband connections
(DSL, cable modem and fibre optic) reached more than 85 million in Western Europe,
FTTx is slowly gaining momentum as the fastest broadband technology.

Press Release Body: Stuttgart, Germany - 26th October, 2007 - According to the
newest InfoCom\'s findings, the independent market analyst specialist, at end of
2Q07, while number of broadband connec-tions (DSL, cable modem and fibre optic)
reached more than 85 million in Western Europe, FTTx is slowly gaining momentum as
the fastest broadband technology.

In almost all countries, DSL is the most popular wire-based broadband technology
with a share of over 83%, followed by cable modem with about 15% and fibre optic
with 1.7%. Despite hav-ing still a small share of the broadband market, FTTx is
gaining momentum, showing the strong-est growth rate, with 7.7%, during the second
quarter 2007. At present, broadband via fibre optic access plays a more relevant
role in Scandinavian countries especially Sweden (15.1%), Denmark (8.4%) and Norway
(6.5%).

The split between major broadband technologies is virtually unchanged in the Top-5
countries in Western Europe - France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, accounting
for 74% of total broadband connections in Western Europe in 2Q07 - with DSL share
slightly increasing in Spain, Italy and the UK, while in Germany shows the strongest
increase of broadband connections (+5.6%) per quarter.

The Netherlands is still the most \"broadband\" country in Europe - with a penetration
of over 34% - followed by Denmark (34%), Switzerland (30%) and a group of
Scandinavian countries lead by Norway (29%), Finland (29%) and Sweden (27%).

Please visit http://www.infocom-de.com/pressarchives/press_261007.html in order to
see the graph.
Fig. 1- Broadband penetration rates in a selection of countries (2004-2Q07).

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About InfoCom:
InfoCom is a market research and consultancy company with almost 20 years experience
providing strategic analyses and planning assistance to stakeholders in the
telecommunications, IT and multimedia industries. InfoCom\'s independent and
fact-based analyses highlight trends and opportunities, supporting decision makers
to understand market dynamics in order to im-prove their competitive advantage.

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