India in Top 3 countries worldwide for Global Broadband Growth: Report

Broadband Forum predicts top ten position is coming close

India’s phenomenal growth in broadband in 2010 – second only to China and the United States – is leading towards the country soon becoming one of the top ten users of broadband in the world. That is the message delivered at the recent Convergence India event in New Delhi by Broadband Forum Chief Executive Officer Robin Mersh.

India added more than 2.5 million new lines of broadband last year and now stands at No13 in the world – having been barely in the top 50 of broadband countries just six years ago. “India has been steadily climbing the rankings in terms of broadband subscribers for the last 6 years. It has gone from 50th to 13th in only 6 years and will be knocking on the door of the top 10 within a year or two,” says Oliver Johnson, chief analyst with Point Topic.

To read more on the Report,

please visit: http://www.broadband-forum.org/news/download/pressreleeases/2011/India2011.pdf

India largest cable modem market in South East Asia - Report

London-based Technology Research firm Point Topic released its Broadband Report for Q3 2009:

Highlights of the Report:
Total global BB subs at the end of Q3 2009 - appx 452 million.

Subs added in Q3 globally - appx 57 million - 12.6 % of total sub base

India - largest cable modem market in South East Asia with 851,000 subscribers by end Q3 2009. Its subscriber base grew by 7.86 per cent over the quarter from 789,000 in Q2 2009.

Incidentally YOU Broadband & Cable India Pvt Ltd is a leading player in the cable modem space.

Speed matters

Two months ago, a South African company decided to call attention to the dismal 1-Mbps ADSL speeds from government-owned incumbent telco Telkom SA via a publicity stunt based on an old IETF April Fool's Day joke called IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC). In essence, the company hired a carrier pigeon to carry a 4-GB micro-SD card from a branch office in Howick to its head office 70 km away, while the same data was uploaded to the same location via ADSL.

The pigeon won handsomely.

http://www.telecomasia.net/content/you-have-right-broadband?page=0%2C1

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