InformationWeek
While the Asia-Pacific region will account for nearly half the global broadband market share, the U.S. will also see a boost from the Obama Administration's stimulus package.
Demand for high bandwidth broadband will drive the number of worldwide households with the high-speed technology to more than 640 million by 2013, according to a report released Tuesday by Parks Associates.
The analyst firm said that the number of broadband households worldwide grew by over 18% in 2008 to exceed 400 million.
The Asia-Pacific market will pace global broadband deployment, the market research firm said, adding that the region will account for more than 49% of the worldwide total market share by 2013. Currently, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for more than 160 million broadband subscribers.
