We suggest that the most important factor fuelling broadband growth in
advanced markets is the availability of cheaper broadband packages or tariff
reductions introduced by service providers. For instance the price of
broadband in Europe has fallen by 23% on average since the beginning of the
year.com
or contact:

Erika Soechting
CMAI
11757 Katy Freeway, Suite 750
Houston, TX 77079 U.

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The 'always -on' network effect will change
business and user behaviour and revolutionise the way content and services are
delivered and managed.85%). HOUSTON, Chemical Market Associates, Inc. This service is unique to the plastics market because it
develops a five-year projection for the global plastics market and provides
end-use application data.

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
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DSL Service Providers added more than 7.

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Subscriber penetration in the
Americas has reached 41.

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This broadband statistics provide a unique overview of the current
broadband market and its growth potential worldwide.8 million new subscribers,
representing 72 per cent of the net broadband additions for the quarter versus
2.
At the end of Q3 2004, nearly 90% of world broadband subscribers were
residential.
Howard Rappaport, Global Practice Leader for Plastics at CMAI notes, "The
World Plastics + Polymers Review was built on the foundation of our existing
plastics services."

For additional information on this service, visit CMAI's website at
http://www.

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data, allows like-for-like examination of broadband growth and market dynamics
across covered countries.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets. The World Plastics + Polymers Review provides
a detailed view of regional markets for the major volume commodity plastic
resins.

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France with 5.

CMAI Announces New Service for the Global Resin Market

This service differs from existing services currently
offered to the global plastics community in that it provides a global review
for Polyethylene (LDPE, LLDPE and HDPE), Polypropylene, PVC, Polystyrene, EPS,
and PET resins from 1999-2009.

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Asia registered the
lowest quarterly growth at 8.

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of World Broadband Statistics 3Q 2004 to their offering.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820 /RESEARCH )
This quarterly "broadband markets" provides a unique overview of the
current broadband market based on our ability to analyse worldwide
developments through rigorous research and forward -looking quantitative
expertise.
This report also forecasts double digit growth for the residential segment
in the following quarter as the consequence of further price reductions and
wider availability of broadband content globally.

For more information visit
http://www. In particular, the study contains segmented end-use application
demand data on a regional and world basis.

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million) and the UK (5. This translated into nearly 3 million new residential subscribers across
the region. (CMAI)
announces its newest service for the global resin market , the World Plastics +
Polymers Review.

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The Middle East-Africa region -- with nearly 1 million broadband
subscribers -- has fuelled the fastest quarterly growth with 11.077 million) were the biggest broadband markets in
Europe at the end of Q3 2004.

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06 percent
followed by Europe (9. This marks another successful quarter for DSL Service
Providers compared to cable operators.
This percentage is nearly 3 points higher than the growth of residential
market of Q2 over Q1.cmaiglobal.S.A.

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Broadband is becoming a central issue in economic development.36 million with a 9.
The World Plastics + Polymers Review includes key information on market
dynamics including world trade; supply/demand data; end-use markets; price
forecasts; economic conditions; and regional breakouts for Southeast and
Northeast Asia, Central and West Europe, South America, North America, India
Subcontinent , Middle East, and Africa.

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Just as
transport opened up new economic horizons in the last century, advanced
communication networks pave the way for productivity gains across global
economies in the new century.46 percent but still remains the world's largest
broadband market with 53 million subscribers.

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22%) and the Americas (9.5 million of cable (23%) and nearly 600,000 using other broadband access
technologies (5%). The number of residential broadband subscribers across the world
rose to 115.

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8 million .27 million broadband subscribers followed by Germany (5.

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economy. This addition to our plastics related consulting
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plastics overview currently available on the market.

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