London, 17th July 2014 – Quantum-Web’s first quarter 2014 telecommunications industry monitoring service, covering over 140 countries, reveals how in the world largest xDSL, Cable Modem, FTTx and LTE markets, the number of connections are correlated to the price of connection expressed in Euros per Gigabyte. The total number of xDSL, Cable Modem, FTTx and LTE connections reached 908 million by the end of the first quarter of 2014. 4G LTE with over 228 million connections and a Quarter on Quarter growth of 9% was the fastest growing Internet technology followed by FTTx, cable modem and xDSL. “Other technologies” displayed a negative trend and lost nearly 1 million connections in the same period. Read more Download PDF document here: http://www.edocr.com/doc/194151/world-mobile-and-fixed-internet-market-update-q2-2014 Add Comment According to Quantum-Web’s Q2 2014 World Broadband Tariffs Analysis, the gap between fixed and wireless broadband prices is still wide. The global average prices of fixed broadband and wireless broadband are €2.30 and €8.58 per Gigabyte respectively. The price gap between fixed and wireless broadband in Africa is much wider compare to other regions. The analysis reveals that the average price per Gigabyte expressed in Euro of stand-alone fixed broadband in Africa is €3.41 while that of wireless broadband is the highest (€12.41) compare to the average of other regions (Figure 1). READ MORE... http://quantum-web.com/fixed-and-wireless-broadband-tariffs-analysis-q2-2014/ http://blog.quantum-web.com/telecoms-pricing/world-fixed-wireless-broadband-tariffs-analysis-q2-2014/ PDF document: http://www.docdroid.net/ehz4/fixed-and-wireless-broadband-tariffs-analysis-q2-2014-press-release.docx.html Broadband tariffs increased by 5% on average across the EU27 markets in Q1 2012. Broadband tariffs increased by 5% on average across the EU27 markets, according to an analysis of Q1 2012 European broadband tariffs published by Quantum-Web. The analysis reveals that the main driver of EU27 overall increases in Q1 2012 were tariff rises in Southern and Eastern Europe, Belgium and the UK. Incumbents, ISPs and cable companies in Germany and other Nordic countries have left their tariffs unchanged. In certain cases, eg Deutsche Telekom (the German incumbent), operators have increased their broadband speed at no extra cost. The major reasons for the price increases in Q1 2012 were: 1- increases in various European countries. 2-Indexation applied by the operators as a mechanism to unwinding the impact of inflation on companies’ revenue and enhancing their purchasing power. Overall, the analysis underlines the increase in European broadband prices while drawing attention to the diversity of broadband markets in terms of availability of broadband technologies such as 4G and FTTx, stand-alone pricing and bundled broadband packages stratified by speed. For instance, in case of 2Mbps-8Mbps download speed band, wherever FTTx technologies were available, the price of fibre access was cheaper than xDSL technology. At the same time, similar offerings using Satellite or WiMAX technologies were more expensive due to higher CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) and delivery costs. (Diagram 1). The entire press release is available here : http://quantum-web.com/broadband-prices-in-europe-rose-by-5-percent/ Quantum-Web PDF documents The analysis reveals that the price gap between capped and uncapped LTE packages varies from region to region. In EU27 region the gap between a capped package and an unlimited one is lower than other regions (€27 per month on average for unlimited package against €20 for a capped LTE package). Asia- Pacific region has the widest gap between capped and uncapped LTE packages. All the information related to the press release are available on Quantum-Web website: http://quantum-web.com/lte-tariffs-are-lower-in-the-european-union-than-the-rest-of-the-world/ http://blog.quantum-web.com/telecoms-pricing/world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014/ PDF document: http://scribd.com/doc/230259359/World-Lte-Tariffs-q1-2014 Quantum-Web social hubs: http://quantum-web.pressly.com/my-first-collection/47-world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014 https://quantum-web.uberflip.com/h/i/13542236-world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014 http://friendfeed.com/qmarss/28cdedab/world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014 Quantum-Web blogs: http://quantumweb.blog.com/2014/06/19/world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014/ http://quantum-web.livejournal.com/991.html http://quantum-web.tumblr.com/post/89254899268/world-lte-tariffs-q1-2014 Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y79RXc7NMWc According to Quantum-Web forecasts, the number of broadband net additions would reach 78 million by the end of 2015. China, the largest broadband nation doesn’t show any sign of slowing down. The number of broadband connections in China would reach 182 million, adding more than 11 million subscribers by the end of 2015. The five countries leading the net additions in fixed broadband connections would account for more than 42 percent of the global new connections. To learn more about this press release you just have to go on Quantum-Web sites: http://quantum-web.com/world-fixed-broadband-forecast/ http://blog.quantum-web.com/market-forecasting/world-fixed-broadband-forecast/ PDF document: http://www.docdroid.net/ddeu/world-fixed-broadband-forecast-.pdf.html Quantum-Web blogs: http://quantumweb.blog.com/2014/06/13/world-fixed-broadband-forecast/ http://quantumweb2014.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/world-fixed-broadband-forecast.html http://quantum-web.tumblr.com/post/88674061468/world-fixed-broadband-forecast Audio file: https://soundcloud.com/quantum-web/world-fixed-broadband-forecasts |