According to ABI Research, consolidation in the set-top box market is not over.
According to ABI Research, the worldwide cable, DSL and fiber-optic fixed-line broadband subscriber base grew 6% in 2013, surpassing 665.4 million subscribers. The fiber-optic broadband segment grew at a rate of 29% from 2012 to 126.6 million subscribers in 2013. The research house expects that by 2019, fiber-optic broadband subscriptions will grow to 265 million subscribers, with a CAGR of 11.7%.
The global cable broadband market grew nearly 7% to 161 million subscribers while the DSL broadband market contracted around 1% to 378 million subscribers in 2013. An increasing number of customers opting for high-speed fiber-optic broadband service contributed to a decline in DSL in Asia-Pacific and North America.
Worldwide fiber-optic broadband service revenue grew more than 15% to $46 billion in 2013.
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