Coupled with impressive growth in its broadband subscriber base, the Asia/Pacific region is standing at the forefront of the Fiber to the Home/Node/Business (FTTx) evolution, reports In-Stat. Carriers such as Korea Telecom and NTT have committed to investing heavily to change copper infrastructures to fiber by 2010, the high-tech market research firm says.

"The next-generation broadband access services strategy, as proven in markets like Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, is to focus on market proliferation of value-added broadband services, driven by the launch of compelling broadband content (i.e. IPTV and VoIP) and innovative broadband pricing plans," says Bryan Wang, In-Stat analyst.

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• The total Asia/Pacific broadband access services market will exceed 225 million subscribers by 2011.
• In 2006 FTTx represented 9.5% of the total Asia/Pacific subscriber base.
• Japan and South Korea are the two markets that will see FTTx replacing existing xDSL subscriber connections by 2011.

The research, "Asia/Pacific Broadband Market Update: DSL Still Takes the Lead", covers the market for broadband services in the Asia/Pacfic region. For more information on this research or to purchase it online, please visit: http://email.in-stat.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/e7Qv0HWMdu0K560E1fU0AL