Over two million Europeans have fibre broadband

Over two million Europeans have access to fibre broadband in their homes, according to figures from a recent fibre to the home (FTTH) report.

Sweden was named as having the highest percentage of when broadband customers who have connectivity through fibre optic cables, while the UK did not feature in the top ten countries.

Overall, Europe has seen a growth of 18% in fibre based broadband connectivity, and analysts believe that this penetration will increase at a higher rate in coming years.

Commenting on the findings, Karel Helsen, the president of Europe’s FTTH, mentioned “The numbers in 2009 are in line with the latest forecasts”.

He also went on to add that by 2012, the FTTH council believes that more than 13 million people across Europe will have access to high speed fibre based internet networks which typically offer speeds of 100 mbps.

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