The Dutch broadband market rose 0.6%, or by 37,400 net additions, in the first quarter to 6.65 million connections, according to Telecompaper’s quarterly broadband report.
DSL’s 1.1% quarterly decrease was offset by cable growing 1% during the quarter and FTTH/B growing almost 6%. DSL is still the largest broadband technology with 3.14 million lines, with cable catching up with 2.99 million lines. FTTH/B had a market share of 7.8 percent at the end of Q1. Telecompaper estimates that consumer broadband retail revenues lifted 3.4% in Q1 to EUR 478 million.
KPN, including its XS4ALL and Telfort brands, is still the largest broadband provider in the Netherlands with a 40.8% share of subscribers, stable compared with the previous quarter. Ziggo was number two with a market share of 26.6%, and UPC came third with 15.6% of broadband subscribers. For the remainder of the year, broadband connections are expected to grow by 2.6%, with cable and fibre growing fast enough to offset DSL’s expected continued decrease.