Broadband take-up is growing substantially worldwide, new figures show.
The number of people using broadband internet around the world has reached 400 million, according to a new report. The analysis firm Point Topic found that in the last ten years, global subscriber numbers have increased by 600,000 percent, from just 57,200 in 1998.
Oliver Johnson, a senior analyst with the company, said broadband was largely in the technical stage a decade ago but has since evolved dramatically, with DSL becoming the most popular method of delivery to homes and businesses.
"Getting to 400 million subscribers in the ten years since then has been one of the fastest rollouts of a major new technology the world has ever seen. Now we're in the early days of a new era, which is going to be much more about quality than quantity."
Indeed, he said the focus now will be on delivering broadband connections that are capable of supporting high bandwidth applications, such as streaming video, as consumers demand an increasing array of online services.
According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, 65 percent of all UK households now have access to the internet, while 56 percent have a broadband connection, up from 51 percent last year.
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