Fixed Broadband continues to provide the foundation for Asia’s Telecoms market
by Ambarish Verma PresidentFixed broadband
continues to underpin the delivery of internet services to households and
businesses. Fixed broadband penetration across the entire Asian region has increased
from 7% in 2012 to 11% going into 2018.
There is now
increasing access to fixed broadband, both DSL, cable modem platforms and more
recently fibre access (FttX) which offer much faster speeds as operators try to
gain customers. Fibre-based fixed broadband services have taken on a major
significance in a number of Asian countries and are shaping to define the
broadband market of the future.
From a global
perspective, Asia continues to be a leading player, not only in the roll-out of
broadband infrastructure, but also in promoting and applying the increased use
of broadband to facilitate the digital economy. In particular, Asia continues
to be the dominant player globally in the FttX broadband market, with countries
such as South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore, all world leaders in this
market.
While China leads
the region’s fixed broadband market by virtue of its sheer numbers, some of the
region’s smaller markets that are setting the pace with policy initiatives,
innovative infrastructure projects and the rapid expansion of online usage.
Asia Fixed broadband penetration is expected to only increase modestly in these markets over
the next few years to 2023, while the growth will come from the less developed
markets such as India. However, penetration rates are never expected to reach
the high levels seen in the more mature developed nations as developing nations
have typically bypassed fixed line access and moved directly to mobile access.
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