Alcatel Web 2.0 services, Стратегический белый доклад

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New communication behaviours in a Web 2.0 world
2.2.(ii) Growth in broadband connection
Worldwide spending on internet connections reached $160 billion in 2007 and will grow to over
$251 billion in 2012
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. The total number of internet users globally is currently 1.24 billion.
This figure is expected to rise to 3.1 billion in 2012
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.
Internet
population
18.90% 81.10%
Internet
population
45% 55%
The broadband market is growing rapidly. The number of subscribers doubled from 2003 to
2007 and is likely to double again between 2008 and 2012, rising to 600 million. Revenues are
growing at a similar rate. Although ARPU is slowly declining, this is compensated for by the
growth in subscribers. ARPU will continue to decline, but after 2007 it will fall at a slower rate.
Global broadband revenues in 2007 were €75 billion ($150 billion) and are expected to jump
to €117 billion ($234 billion) in 2012. Most broadband internet connections are in developed
countries, with 80 per cent of Europeans using the internet connecting through a broadband
internet connection
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.
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
Subscribers (millions of users) Revenues (
e
millions)
share of internet
population in the
total population
in 2007
share of internet
population in the
total population
in 2012
Source:
Alcatel‑Lucent
Growth in number
of broadband
subscribers and
revenues globally
2002-2112
Sources:
Ovum, In‑Stat,
Alcatel‑Lucent
estimates