Friday, December 20, 2019

Fixed broadband leaves two milestones for 2019

In June 2019, fixed broadband accesses (9.7 million) exceeded those of subscription television (9.5 million). This means that 73% of households had broadband as of that date, according to data arising from the “Annual fixed broadband report by location” of Convergencia Research.

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