Worldwide broadband subscribers

Point Topic has unveiled most recent statistics on broadband penetration in 4Q06. The number of broadband subscriptions worldwide has now passed 281m, but growth was not even across continents. By growth rate, Tier 1 segment (above 100% rate) is made of emerging countries in Asia (India,Vietnam, Indonesia, ..) and Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, ... ). Tier 2 segment (between 50% and 100% growth rate) includes Latam countries (Argentina, Brazil, ..) while Tier 3 segment is made of mature markets (below 50% growth rate) including China (38%), USA, Japan; and Western Europe, all with declining growth rate.