Western Europe accounts for 31 percent of new broadband connections globally.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

According to new figures from Idate, the number of worldwide high-speed Internet subscribers reached 310 million by the end of 2007. Western Europe witnessed the highest growth in 2007 with regard to new broadband connections, which increased from 28 percent in 2006 to 31 percent in 2007. Germany emerged as the largest contributor to the growth and overtook Britain as the largest high-speed Internet market in Europe.

This momentum in Europe is likely to be affected by the impressive growth in the Asia-Pacific region, which is the present leader in broadband with 38 percent of all global broadband users. Russia and Brazil are also likely to witnessed robust growth in the next few years.