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Announcing …

Global broadband subscribers to 30 June 2005

Total: 176 million

115 million * 65% * choose DSL

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Announcing …

• 24.5 million extra broadband subscribers [Jan-June 2005]

– DSL subscribers up 17.7 million

– Other broadband up 6.8 million

– DSL adds 2.6 subscribers for each one subscriber to other technologies

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• USA – the world’s largest total broadband population at 38 million

• China – the world’s largest broadband DSL population at 21.23 million

• European Union – the world’s largest total broadband region at 47.5 million

• European Union – the world’s largest broadband DSL region at 38.48 million– DSL = 81% of the region’s total broadband

Announcing …

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Total BroadbandRegional Shares

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Ranking Country Broadband Total Penetration by Population

1 USA 38,200,981

2 China 30,843,000

3 Japan 20,650,500

4 South Korea 12,260,915

5 France 8,323,000

6 UK 7,961,938

7 Germany 7,878,497

8 Canada 6,086,959

9 Italy 5,460,555

10 Spain 4,094,017

11 Taiwan 4,025,000

12 Netherlands 3,566,566

13 Brazil 2,562,157

14 Australia 2,117,300

Total BroadbandTop Countries

By penetration of population

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Ranking Country Broadband Total Penetration by Population

1 South Korea 25.58

2 Hong Kong 22.94

3 Netherlands 21.90

4 Denmark 21.47

5 Switzerland 20.13

6 Canada 19.19

7 Taiwan 17.81

8 Belgium 17.58

9 Israel 16.47

10 Sweden 16.38

11 Japan 16.18

12 France 13.89

13 UK 13.71

14 USA 13.14

15 Australia 10.62

16 Spain 10.00

Total BroadbandTop Countries

By penetration of population

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DSL Regions Q2 05

North America Total16%

EU Total33%

Other Europe Total2%

Latin America Total4%

Middle East and Africa Total

2%

Asia-Pacific Total24%

South and East Asia Total

19%

Broadband DSLRegional Shares

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Ranking Country DSL Subscribers Q2 2005

1 China 21,230,000

2 USA 15,929,322

3 Japan 14,168,000

4 France 7,803,000

5 Germany 7,800,000

6 South Korea 6,678,107

7 UK 5,691,000

8 Italy 5,135,000

9 Taiwan 3,360,000

10 Spain 3,271,771

11 Canada 2,921,259

12 Brazil 2,400,957

13 Netherlands 2,147,000

14 Australia 1,586,000

15 Belgium 1,149,350

Broadband DSLTop Countries

By total subscribers

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Ranking Q2 2005

Country DSL Subscribers Q2 2005

Penetration of Telephone Lines

Q2 20051 South Korea 6,678,107 28.71

2 Taiwan 3,360,000 25.65

3 France 7,803,000 22.95

4 Belgium 1,149,350 22.39

5 Netherlands 2,147,000 21.47

6 Japan 14,168,000 19.91

7 Italy 5,135,000 18.71

8 Spain 3,271,771 17.49

9 UK 5,698,000 16.21

10 Australia 1,586,000 14.98

11 Canada 2,921,259 14.63

12 Germany 7,800,000 14.52

Broadband DSLTop Countries

By penetration of phone lines

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