ABI Research Forecasts Broadband to Reach Almost Half a Billion Subscribers Worldwide By 2012
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Broadband Internet access is gradually becoming a defining  characteristic of advanced industrialized economies, and broadband take  rates have been increasing at a rapid pace across the world.
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AMD's 50x15 initiative seeks to bring the Internet to 50 percent of the world's population by 2015.
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By Steve Pain Deputy Business Editor  BT is to spend more than half a billion pounds to take the West Midlands into the 21st century with an advanced communications network which will triple internet speeds, radically transforming business and home computer use.
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Over a quarter of a billion people will be using mobile dating and chatroom services by 2012, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
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The number of people in Europe surfing the Internet over a broadband connection reached 54.5 million in October 2004 -- an increased of 60% from 34.1 million a year earlier -- according to the latest report from Nielsen/NetRatings.
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China is leading the world in the number of subscribers to broadband through phone lines, says a report.
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Analysts expect 40 million mobile broadband connections by the end of 2008.
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Media & professional: Spending on internet advertising in Europe will represent almost a fifth of media budgets by 2012.
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The worldwide broadband CPE market totaled $1.5 billion in 1Q07, up 2% from the previous quarter, as broadband connectivity continues to grow in most regions, says Infonetics Research in its latest "Broadband CPE and Subscribers" report.
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Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about one quarter of the world's population, according to the International Telecommunication Union.
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By PULLAR-STRECKER Tom  RISING demand for broadband in Australia and New Zealand has helped the consortium that owns the Southern Cross Cable sell a further US$310 million (NZ$443 million) of capacity on the communications artery during the past six months.
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While the total number of home internet users has reached a plateau in the US, those who do use the internet are adopting broadband at a rapid pace, according to Marc Ryan, senior director of analysis at the audience measurement company.
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Soaring subscriber growth in India led a 38 percent global rise in DSL (digital subscriber line) use in the 12 months ended June 30, according to an industry group.
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Broadband Internet connections in  Africa are expected to more than double by 2011, but the  continent is falling further behind the rest of the world as  governments fail to open markets and drive down costs.
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More than half of Europe's Internet users now enjoy a broadband Web connection at home, according to a market research report from Internet audience tracking firm Nielsen/NetRatings.
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New government statistics show indicate that there will be half a billion cellualr subscribers in China by the end of June.
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Investor's Business Daily - China is on pace to pass the U.S. to become the largest broadband market later this year as video, e-commerce and online gaming fuel demand. And the country has just scratched the surface.