Gigabit Internet available to over 300 million people across 49 countries: VIAVI
Gigabit internet is now available to 301 million people across 49 countries, according to the latest data in the Gigabit Monitor from VIAVI Solutions. The volume of gigabit internet deployments has increased by 38 per cent since May 2017. This means that 4.2 per cent of the global population now has gigabit internet available to them.
The Gigabit Monitor is a web-based tool intended to showcase the state-of-play of gigabit internet provision across the world, based on publicly available data. This living database is updated regularly, based on deployment announcements and feedback from users. The site was launched in 2016 and tracks gigabit deployments since 2004. The Gigabit Monitor displays dynamically updated infographics showing the current state of gigabit internet provision in all 49 countries where it is available. Each country's gigabit internet profile displays the estimated population coverage, global ranking, gigabit launches over time and a listing of local gigabit providers.
Notably, the number of people with access to gigabit LTE has surged to 74 million, based on large-scale deployments across a number of countries, including the United States, South Korea and China, over the past few quarters. These deployments have turned gigabit LTE into the second most widely available form of gigabit internet, after fiber. Globally, fiber has increased its global share of gigabit deployments to 90.4 per cent. However, this includes a large volume of micro-scale deployments, predominantly in the United States, where populations as small as 300 people are being served with gigabit internet.
Interestingly, the number of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) deployments each quarter is also now tracking closely with fiber rollouts, whereas fiber deployments outpaced HFC up until 2016.
The United States remains the country with gigabit internet available to the largest number of people, with gigabit access now available to over 64 million people. Following the U.S. are South Korea with access for 46.9 million, Spain with 30.1 million, China with 20.7 million and Canada with 15.7 million. However, in terms of the percentage of population coverage, Singapore has the greatest gigabit coverage, with gigabit internet available to 95 per cent of its population. Singapore is followed by South Korea with 93 per cent, Moldova with 90 per cent, Qatar with 78 per cent and Spain and Portugal tying at 65 per cent. The new gigabit countries are Australia, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Malta, Monaco, Oman and Russia.
Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI Solutions, says, “It is fascinating to see how public and private companies, and even governments are pushing for gigabit internet to become an economic enabler for their customers, citizens or their own businesses. During the last 12 months, gigabit internet deployments have increased by 38 per cent, demonstrating that the global pace of deployment is progressing strongly.”
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