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TV App Agency, FOXXUM
Smart TV partnership
Fibre-optic broadband
subscriptions to
double
he worldwide cable, DSL and
fibre-optic fixed-line broadband
subscriber base grew 6% in
2013 surpassing 665.4m subscribers.
The fibre-optic broadband segment
grew at a robust rate, 29% from 2012
to 126.6m subscribers in 2013. By
2019, fibre-optic broadband subscriptions will grow to 265m subscribers,
with a CAGR of 11.7%.
The global cable broadband market grew
nearly 7% to 161m subscribers while the DSL
broadband market contracted around 1% to
378m subscribers in 2013. An increasing
number of customers opting for high-speed
fibre-optic broadband service contributed to
a decline in DSL broadband subscriptions in
Asia-Pacific and North America. “Global DSL
broadband service revenue dropped nearly
2% in 2013, mainly due to a declining subscriber base and average revenue per user in
the Asia-Pacific,” said Jake Saunders, VP
and practice director of core forecasting.
Worldwide fibre-optic broadband service
revenue grew over 15% to $46 billion in
2013. Operators such as BT from the UK and
VimpelCom from Russia reported that
growth in its fibre-optic broadband customers contributed to overall service revenue
growth in 2013. “Since revenue from traditional services such as voice and messaging
is declining, innovative services and content
over high-speed broadband networks are
proving essential for operators to maintain
overall service revenue growth. ABI Research
forecast that the worldwide fibre-optic
broadband market will generate $100 billion
in 2019,” noted Khin Sandi Lynn, industry
analyst.
Chinese operators dominate the fixed
broadband subscriber rankings. China
Telecom and China Unicom lead the global
fixed broadband market shares with over
100m and 64m broadband subscribers
respectively at the end of 2013. Currently the
two companies own 53% and 34% market
share respectively. China Mobile received a
license to invest in fixed broadband services
at the end of 2013, spurring the Chinese
fixed broadband market to even greater
competition and faster infrastructure development.
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mart TV and Connected TV app
development specialist TV App
Agency and FOXXUM, a Smart
TV solutions specialist, have formed a
partnership designed to bring further
value to their offerings and st