Hong Kong – Broadband has taken a significant step forward as the number of subscriber lines passed the 500 million mark in July 2010. The milestone was revealed as the Broadband Forum provided its global Broadband and IPTV Industry Update at its quarterly meeting in Hong Kong last week. Research by industry analysts Point Topic pinpointed the actual date as being in the third week in July. The new figures show that global broadband subscribers reached 498 million lines (497,768,162) by the end of June 2010, representing a 2.63% growth in the quarter and 11.99% in the last 12 months to end of Q2 2010. China so far was responsible for 43% of all net broadband lines added in Q2 2010 and performed far better than the same quarter in 2009.
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