Posted: 06th Dec, 2010 By: MarkJ

The
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which covers 33 countries that are all committed to democracy and a market economy, has updated has its broadband statistics with data covering the period to June 2010. The OECD is now home to
294 Million fixed broadband subscriptions, with the
UK placing 5th and accounting for a total of
18,827,700.
The average UK penetration rate has also grown steadily to
30.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, which compares favourably with the
OECD average of 24.3. Meanwhile DSL (ADSL, ADSL2+ etc.) continues to dominate the most popular broadband technologies and accounts for 58% of all lines. Cable Modem (e.g. Virgin Media UK) makes up 29% and fibre optic ( FTTH etc. ) based connections have grown to 12% of all lines.
Fibre optic broadband in particular continues its growth relative to other technologies, with
fibre accounting for half of all broadband connections in Japan (55%) and Korea (52%). Other leading countries include the Slovak Republic (28%), Sweden (24%) and Denmark (12%). The UK doesn't even figure here, yet.
The OECD has also included, for the first time, a
wireless broadband penetration indicator. This covers Satellite , terrestrial Fixed Wireless ( Wi-Fi ) and Mobile Broadband subscriptions. The UK apparently places a respectable 7th in this chart, with 18,550,000 subscriptions. However it should be said that the OECD has also included "
Standard Mobile" 3G phone subscriptions, which is perhaps a little misleading.