Fiber Will Eclipse DSL in Taiwan’s Internet Market Within Next Five Years, Finds Pyramid Research

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - The migration from narrowband and DSL to fiber will increase the size of
Taiwan’s Internet market from US$1.6 billion in 2008 to US$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
US$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 US$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 US$1.6
billion in 2008 to US$2.3 billion in 2013 when fiber subscriptions reach 4.1
million.”

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