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Global broadband users to touch 1 bn by 2013

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Global broadband subscribers are set to touch 1 billion by 2013. The number of broadband subscriptions worldwide reached 578 million in December 2009, up 99 million from December 2008. DSL, mobile, and cable are the leading access technologies, accounting for 89% of the world's broadband connections, a research report from In-Stat said.

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The report also said that mobile broadband is now the second-largest access technology behind DSL, making up 18% subscribers. Over the next few years, the number of households with multiple broadband connections will increase significantly. These multiple connection households will commonly have a wired broadband access technology, like DSL or cable modem service, along with a mobile wireless broadband connection.

"The growing popularity of bandwidth-intensive applications, such as watching online video, using IP-based telephony services, and downloading music files, is spurring global demand for broadband Internet connections," said Mike Paxton, analyst, In-Stat.

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