Growth in Asia Pacific will continue to be characterized by a slowdown in developed markets such as Japan and South Korea, which will be overshadowed by surging emerging markets like India and China. Overall, Pyramid Research predicts that 246m net additions will be added in the region until 2011. This growth will be driven by demand for xDSL services in the region, accounting for nearly 40 percent of Asia’s new net additions. PSTN will continue to grow, largely due to continuing rollouts in China and India and will comprise 32 percent of net additions. Fiber will also grow steeply as the technology is rolled out, mostly in developed markets, and will comprise 15 percent of net additions. At the regional level, we expect narrowband and broadband penetration to reach 14 percent and 6 percent, respectively. Regional wireline revenues at US$160bn will rise to US$193bn on the back on exploding broadband and internet uptake.
Asia Pacific’s Breakdown of Access Lines in Service
China and Japan will be the leading countries in the region, accounting for almost US$142bn in revenues by 2011, along with more than 175m broadband subscribers. India and South Korea will represent the regions with the third and fourth most important markets, respectively, posting US$16.5bn and US$9.2bn in revenues in 2011, respectively.
