Fiber Will Eclipse DSL in Taiwan's Internet Market Within Next Five Years, Finds Pyramid Research
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Apr. 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
The migration from narrowband and DSL to fiber will increase the size of Taiwan's Internet market from $1.6
billion in 2008 to $2.3 billion in 2013, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the
telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).
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With a population of 22.7 million and generating service revenues worth $10.5 billion in 2008, Taiwan is the
sixth largest and one of the most advanced telecom markets in Asia/Pacific, notes Daniel Yu, analyst at
Pyramid Research and author of the report. "The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.8 percent over
the next five years, reaching $12 billion by 2013; this growth will largely come from increased usage of mobile
data applications, with 83 percent of the market's revenue gains between 2008 and 2013 coming from
broadband and mobile data," says Yu. "In anticipation of this trend, operators have been aggressive in
deploying attractive low tariff mobile data card schemes and PC/data card bundles."
However, facing the diminishing stable revenue stream from their voice businesses, operators are turning to
fiber to generate additional revenue. "Taiwan enjoys one of the highest fiber penetration rates in the world,
with 7 percent of households subscribed to fiber broadband services at year-end 2008," Yu says. "Given
attractive pricing relative to other broadband solutions, specifically DSL, Pyramid Research projects that the
total number of fiber households will eclipse DSL households by 2012, reaching 41 percent of households by
2013.
"The migration to fiber will increase the size of Taiwan's Internet market by 44 percent by 2013. Given
Chunghwa Telecom's aggressive efforts to convert DSL and narrowband users to fiber by reducing the price
and bundling the offer with IPTV, the total Internet market will increase from $1.6 billion in 2008 to $2.3 billion
in 2013 when fiber subscriptions reach 4.1 million."
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