Fiber Broadband to Double by 2019

According to ABI Research, the worldwide cable, DSL and fiber-optic fixed-line broadband subscriber base grew 6% in 2013, surpassing 665.4 million subscribers. The fiber-optic broadband segment grew at a rate of 29% from 2012 to 126.6 million subscribers in 2013. The research house expects that by 2019, fiber-optic broadband subscriptions will grow to 265 million subscribers, with a CAGR of 11.7%.

The global cable broadband market grew nearly 7% to 161 million subscribers while the DSL broadband market contracted around 1% to 378 million subscribers in 2013. An increasing number of customers opting for high-speed fiber-optic broadband service contributed to a decline in DSL in Asia-Pacific and North America.

Worldwide fiber-optic broadband service revenue grew more than 15% to $46 billion in 2013.