Russian Broadband Market: Budding Industry

rncos: Russia is one of the recent entrants in the broadband markets and offers huge set of opportunities for vendors & operators. Obtaining revenue of around 1Bn in 2005, with 6Mn users, Russian broadband industry is all set to capitalize on recent developments in broadband & wireless communications.

Considering the current trends, it’s anticipated that the broadband market in Russia will touch the milestone of $362Mn by the end of 2006. Today, around 23% of the Russian population is using Internet while it’s expected to cross 42% by 2008. During the year 2005, Internet Access Services were accountable for 11% of broadband revenue and it’s anticipated that this percentage will increase to 35% towards the year 2008.

RNCOS has included an exclusive discussion of all aspects of the broadband industry in Russia. As per the report, The biggest chunk of broadband market in Russia is concentrated in Moscow, where the number of total broadband connections exceeds 56% of the total connections in the country.

The number of broadband connections in Russia shall cross 2.5Mn lines by the end of 2006. Also, the number of broadband subscribers shall rise above 59Mn by 2015, .

Russian Broadband Market Forecast (2005-2012)

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