Sunday, July 19, 2009

BROADBAND GAINS TRACTION DESPITE ECONOMIC CRISIS

More people worldwide are subscribingto high-speed internetconnections,despite the economic downturn,with China and other Asian countries among the world leaders. This was indicated in a study released at the CommunicAsia 2009 trade fair in Singapore last month.
The study showed that the number of broadband lines grew by 16.6 million globally in the last quarter alone to more than 429 million. I t said that broadband penetration in 20 countries grew by 10% or more in the first quarter from the previous three months,with the biggest rise coming from India at 13.4%.Sure,all this goes on to show the importance given to broadband that even at these harsh times, broadband continues to excel. (Source:Yahoo News)

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