 Regional - Broadband - Overview of Europe, Africa, Middle East - 2005
Broadband will create a new economy sector worth $70 billion in revenue by 2015. By late 2005, broadband subscribers in EMEA will have passed 50 million and, with the majority of Internet connections still being narrowband, future growth will be enormous. Many Western Europe countries are amongst the world leaders in rolling out broadband infrastructure, with the incumbents seeming to be realise that their future lies in moving with technology and demand. This is in sharp contrast to the US experience over the past few years where the incumbent telcos have deferred infrastructure upgrades as a way of blackmailing the government into allowing them to retain the monopoly positions. Africa and the Middle East started to move into broadband later than the developed countries, but are presently showing rapid growth. The major technology in the region is DSL although, in Africa, wireless access technologies are increasingly being used as a substitute for poor or non-existing fixed-line infrastructures.
Last Update: 5 Oct 2005 Number of Pages: 24
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Regional - Internet - Europe, Africa, Middle East in 2005
Europe is a world leader in levels of Internet penetration and innovation, and each year brings greater transition from narrowband to broadband. ADSL and Cable Internet form the platform for this evolution. Though present leaders such as the Scandinavian and Benelux countries maintain elements of their technological lead, they are being overtaken in terms of user numbers by the mass markets - Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain. Africa and the Middle East have much lower penetrations due to a combination of factors including lower levels of national wealth and literacy, poorer infrastructure etc. However, from this low level, their growth rates are the highest in the world.
Last Update: 5 Oct 2005 Number of Pages: 21
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