Thursday, July 21, 2005
Italy Has 5.6M Boadband Users, 9th Largest in World

The ANNOTICO Report

With a population of 58 million, Italy's Broadband use at 5.6 million is
about 10% of it's population.

USA with a population of 296 million, and 36.5 million Users has a 12%
usage, a surprisingly small margin lead over Italy.

The top Ten Countries in order of Broadband usage are USA-36.5m, China--
28.3 m, Japan-20m, South Korea-17m, France-7.5m, Germany-7.5m, UK-7m,
Canada- 5.8m, Italy-5.6m, Taiwan-3.8m.

Of the Top Ten, 4 are from Asia, 4 from Europe, 2 from the Western
Hemisphere.


5.6 mln Italians have broadband

-Posted by ZDNet
June 26,2005

5.6 mln Italians have broadband  -- By the end of June 2005 5.6 mln
Italians had broadband connections, according to Between. The market will
reach 1.8 bln euros in revenues by year-end 2005....


Broadband numbers in Q1 2005: world - 164 mln, USA - 36.5 mln, China - 28.3
mln

-Posted by ZDNet
June 26,2005

Broadband
World broadband lines reached 164 mln in Q1 2005, an increase of 52 mln
lines since Q1 2004, with 28 mln lines added in the last 6 months alone,
according to Point Topic. The USA is still the world's largest broadband
country with 36.5 mln lines, and China remains in second place with 28.3
mln lines. The UK is leading growth in the G7 Rankings achieving a 16.5%
increase in lines since end-2004, and adding over 1 mln lines in the
process. France was the only other G7 country passing 10% growth in Q1
2005, achieving 13.5% growth and adding an equally impressive 913,000 lines
in the quarter.... by ZDNet

http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=8160