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Fibre to the home FTTH connections in Japan grew nearly 10% in the second quarter of 2007 to account for 36% of the country's broadband connections, according to Informa Telecoms MediaÆs World Broadband Information Service WBIS. The study indicates that FTTH is rapidly displacing DSL in Japan, with the total number of DSL subscriptions in the country going down by about 1.6%. Japan accounts for more than two-thirds of the global FTTH market and holds 48% of the combined FTTH and FTTP Fibre to the premises market, according to WBIS. The report notes that South Korea and Taiwan are the two other countries with large FTTP markets. At present, fibre is...
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