Half of the world’s fibre subscribers in China by 2016

According to a report from analyst firm Ovum, half of the world's fibre subscribers by 2016 will be in China. China's dominance will stem from strong growth in subscriber numbers and from domestic vendor's healthy exports.

It is expected that by 2016, the Chinese market will reach 100 million subscribers, which will then be more than 50% of the world's fibre subscribers. Currently, only 4% of Chinese households take advantage of FTTx service.

Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are also expected to continue their 2010 dominance of the fibre broadband equipment market through 2011 and into the next few years.

"Huawei and ZTE are strong exporters outside of China. In the fourth quarter of 2010, 50 per cent of FTTx equipment revenues in EMEA corresponded to shipments by these two vendors. They have strong expertise in FTTx, given their large home market, and they will continue to be a formidable force around the globe. There will continue to be room for other players, but it will be difficult to unseat the top two."

Read more -here-

• Dropbox breach exposes customer credentials, authentication data
• Google: Passkey authentications top 1 billion across 400 million accounts
• FTC fines Razer for misrepresenting COVID masks as N95s
• FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data
• Federal regulators accuse Amazon executives of deleting messages
• FCC restores net neutrality rules