IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally.

Broadband subscription growth strongest for 3 years After struggling relatively in the second quarter of the year results for Q3 2011 show a strong rebound for broadband. More lines have been added than in any quarter since the start of 2009 and while we expect 2012 to be challenging these results highlight the increasing availability and desirability of broadband.

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The DSL monthly tariff (PPP rate) was USD 27.85, down slightly on the previous quarter from USD 28.19 and up 1.59 per cent year-on-year from USD 27.42.

IPTV subscribers worldwide totalled 51.172 million at June 30 2011

The launch of two Ka-band satellites in recent months by Avanti Communications Group and Eutelsat has the potential to significantly change the UK’s consumer broadband satellite market. Because of the benefits Ka-band brings in terms of higher capacity and lower end user pricing, many in the sector believe that commercialisation of the technology marks a step change in broadband satellite services.

By the middle of 2011 there were 557.8 million broadband subscribers worldwide. This was up 2.69 per cent on the previous quarter from 543.19 million and up almost 12 per cent year-on-year from 498.2 million.

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The DSL monthly tariff (PPP rate) was USD 28.19, down slightly on the previous quarter from USD 28.47 and up 3.62 per cent year-on-year from USD 27.20.

World IPTV subscriber numbers increased by just over 6.4% in Q1 2011 (down slightly from a 7% increase during Q1 2010)

There were 540.69 million broadband subscribers by end Q1 2011 globally. This was up 2.9 per cent on the previous quarter from 525.46 million and up almost 12 per cent year-on-year from 483.06 million.

The number of Voice over IP (VoIP) subscribers worldwide increased by 12.6% during 2010.

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The number of IPTV subscribers worldwide increased by over a third during 2010. At year end the total number of IPTV subscribers stood at almost 45.4 million.

There were 523.07 million broadband subscribers by the end of 2010 worldwide. This was up 11.98 per cent year-on-year from 467.1 million and up 2.73 per cent on the previous quarter from 509.15 million.

Broadband tariffs short report for the forth quarter of 2010

Short report on the world broadband statistics in Q3 2010

Hong Kong is confirmed as the best value on earth for consumer broadband – while Singapore joins the top ten nations worldwide for the first time

Plans to make Britain’s broadband the best in Europe are in danger of stalling as the rural population of the UK falls further behind their city cousins.

The entry level broadband services by technology are shown in figure 1. The average costs are at their most similar totalling USD 27.42 for DSL, USD 29.25 for cable modem and USD 33.44 for FTTx.

Leading analyst says £530 million is “not nearly enough”

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Voice over IP is becoming increasingly important to service providers and achieving significant penetration of the consumer market according to the latest figures from leading industry analysts Point Topic.

Responses on the USC Theoretical Exercise covering three locations in the UK have been very good, with enormous effort put in by all who took part. This is according to BDUK – Broadband Delivery UK