Cable# drives German broadband uptake
Robert Briel
December 6, 2010
German#cable operators will add 700,000 new broadband subscribers during the year. About 40% of all new broadband homes connect via cable, according to the the Association of German Cable Operators (ANGA).
With an average growth of 58,000 new broadband homes, cable will reach 3 million customers before the end of the year.
These figures are mainly due to the introduction of DOCSIS 3.0 technology. Thomas Braun, president of ANGA#, said in a statement: “With its advanced HFC#broadband networks, a combination of glass fibre and coaxial cable, cable operators in Germany provide the conditions for access to bandwidth-intensive applications. DOCSIS 3.0# allows Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps. The upgrade of the networks will be completed on most cable operators in 2012#individual operators have achieved that goal already today.”
“With DOCSIS 3.0#, it will be possible to reach two thirds of German households with bandwidths up to 100 Mbps via cable. We make a significant contribution to the broadband objectives of the Federal Government, which is to reach 75% of all households by the end of 2014 with broadband access of at least 50 Mbps.
In addition, over one million homes in formerly “white spots#” are now to benefit from fast broadband speeds [thanks to cable]#
An exclusive focus of broadband policy to pure fibre networks is not necessary nor economically efficient#
Robert Briel
December 6, 2010
German#cable operators will add 700,000 new broadband subscribers during the year. About 40% of all new broadband homes connect via cable, according to the the Association of German Cable Operators (ANGA).
With an average growth of 58,000 new broadband homes, cable will reach 3 million customers before the end of the year.
These figures are mainly due to the introduction of DOCSIS 3.0 technology. Thomas Braun, president of ANGA#, said in a statement: “With its advanced HFC#broadband networks, a combination of glass fibre and coaxial cable, cable operators in Germany provide the conditions for access to bandwidth-intensive applications. DOCSIS 3.0# allows Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps. The upgrade of the networks will be completed on most cable operators in 2012#individual operators have achieved that goal already today.”
“With DOCSIS 3.0#, it will be possible to reach two thirds of German households with bandwidths up to 100 Mbps via cable. We make a significant contribution to the broadband objectives of the Federal Government, which is to reach 75% of all households by the end of 2014 with broadband access of at least 50 Mbps.
In addition, over one million homes in formerly “white spots#” are now to benefit from fast broadband speeds [thanks to cable]#
An exclusive focus of broadband policy to pure fibre networks is not necessary nor economically efficient#