Glass fiber expansion is hardly progressing in Germany

Published on: July 10, 2020 / update from: August 14, 2020 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

data from the OECD, 3.6 percent of all stationary broadband connections in Germany were connected to a fiber optic cable in June 2019 - that is just 2.3 percentage points more than in June 2015. Almost nowhere in the industrialized countries is the proportion of fiber optics so low. South Korea is the absolute world leader in this regard, with a fiber optic share of around 82 percent. In Europe, the Swedes are leading with around 69 percent. The fiber optic infrastructure is only worse than here in a handful of OECD countries, such as Austria or the United Kingdom.

According to OECD data , 3.6 percent of all stationary broadband connections in Germany were connected with a fiber optic cable in June 2019 – just 2.3 percentage points more than in June 2015. Almost nowhere else in the industrialized countries is the share of fiber optic cable so low. The absolute world leader in this respect is South Korea with a fiber optic share of around 82 percent. In Europe, Sweden leads the way with around 69 percent. The fiber-optic infrastructure is worse than in this country only in a handful of OECD countries such as Austria or the United Kingdom.

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Hardly any fiber optics in Germany compared to Europe

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), there are currently around 41 broadband connections for every 100 people in Germany. This puts the Federal Republic in seventh place in the ranking of all OECD countries and is even ahead of the high-tech nation of Japan in terms of broadband availability. At least at first glance. In Japan, around 78 percent of all broadband connections are connected to fiber optic cables. In this country, however, only 1.3 out of 100 residents benefit from this technology.

Hardly any glass fiber in Germany compared to Europe

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), there are currently around 41 broadband connections for every 100 people in Germany. This puts the Federal Republic in seventh place in the ranking of all OECD countries and even puts it ahead of the high-tech nation Japan in terms of broadband availability. At least at first glance. After all, around 78 percent of all broadband connections in Japan are connected to fiber optic cable. In contrast, only 1.3 out of 100 inhabitants in this country benefit from this technology.

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