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Here are the top countries in order of their Country Credit ratings:

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1 1 Switzerland 94.6 -1.7
16 17 Spain 87.5 million.

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and embracing new applications, the forum works to streamline processes,
define specifications and share best practices that set the stage for
effective deployments, and explosive global DSL growth.

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record total of almost 19 .

In terms of market penetration, eight countries have now passed the DSL
Forum's first stage target for a global broadband DSL mass-market (20% of
all phone lines). For more information about the DSL Forum, check out
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same six-month period , global average creditworthiness rose 0.1
6 8 Denmark 92.6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.6 -1. Five countries have more than seven
million subscribers, and a further eight have at least two million
DSL-enabled phone lines.3
12 Italy 18. With Turkey
leading the way, it has experienced a 24% growth in subscribers so far this
year, to reach 1.5 million DSL subscribers.

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PRESS RELEASE DSL Gains 10 Million New Global Subscribers in First Quarter of 2005

Over 10 million new subscribers chose DSL
(digital subscriber line) for broadband services in the first quarter of
2005, according to the latest data produced for the DSL Forum by industry
analyst Point Topic. As the early adopters start to slow down slightly,
the baton passes to the emerging countries," commented Tim Johnson of Point
Topic.

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Middle East and Africa 1,505,511 1.

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Countries with more than one million DSL subscribers
31 March 2005

Ranking Country Total DSL Q1 2005

1 China 19,497,000
2 USA 15,106,294
3 Japan 13 ,887,000
4 Germany 7,450,000
5 France 7,184,000
6 South Korea 6,729,406
7 UK 4,987,450
8 Italy 4,935,000
9 Taiwan 3,200,000
10 Spain 2,884,807
11 Canada 2,807,911
12 Brazil 2,092,500
13 Netherlands 2,032,500
14 Australia 1,351,000
15 Belgium 1,112,350

Source: Data provided for the DSL Forum by Point Topic

China, comfortably the largest DSL population worldwide and accounting for
95% of total subscribers in South and South East Asia, has added more than
2.6
10 Japan 19.07
EU 35 ,654,062 33. Middle East and Africa, the
world's smallest DSL region, has also emerged as a DSL market. It has set a
target of 500 million broadband DSL subscribers by 2010.

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North America 17,914,205 16 .

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14 Singapore 15.3
17 UK 14.9
20 Austria 13.

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South and East Asia 20,464,500 19.

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evident in Thailand (27%), Poland (25%), Mexico (19%) and Portugal (18%).7
6 France 21.1
7 Hong Kong 21.1
19 Germany 13. Established in
1994, the DSL Forum is an international industry consortium of over 200
leading service providers, equipment manufacturers and other interested
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Top 20 countries: DSL penetration of phone lines , Q1 05
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Ranking Country Penetration
(DSL/100 phone lines)
Q1 2005

1 South Korea 28.4
16 Sweden 14.2
18 Canada 14 .

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growing established DSL market, adding over 20% to reach almost five
million subscribers , but other fast-growing countries are generally those
at an earlier stage of market development.

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Regional DSL subscriber totals, Q1 2005

Region Q1 05 DSL % of total DSL
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Asia-Pacific 26,300,668 24. Brazil has grown by more than
10% in 2005 to pass the two million subscriber mark, with Mexico and
Argentina totaling more than 300,000 each."

Steve Kingdom, president of the DSL Forum, added, "DSL roll -out continues
to reach unprecedented levels, in both established and emerging countries.

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4 2 Norway 93.4 0.7
12 12 Austria 91.2 2.

France, UK, Germany and Japan all added over half a million new subscribers
to broadband DSL in the first three months of 2005 and a further nine
countries gained more than 100,000 subscribers .

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top 20 countries by DSL penetration of phone lines, 13 are in Europe. "Countries such as Turkey, Mexico or the Philippines would not even
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Switzerland again boasted the highest credit score of the countries rated
in the survey, followed by Norway, which moved up two slots to second place,
and Luxembourg, which slipped a spot to third.K. 92.3
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Over the past 26 years, Institutional Investor Country Credit ratings have
gained a following among economists and government officials .S. Canada gained almost 165,000
subscribers in the quarter, to total more than 2.9
2 Taiwan 24.4
3 Israel 22.2 million subscribers in the first three
months of 2005. And I think there's another cycle of growth to come as
the established DSL markets tackle the problem of making broadband
connections ubiquitous to all their citizens.

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Country profiles also feature an overview of supply and demand, an
examination of key governmental, legal and political influences on the
sector and an analysis of wholesale trading and the pipeline, LNG and
storage infrastructure, now and in the future.7 0. DSL, the world 's most popular broadband technology,
reached a global total of 107 million by 31 the second
largest subscriber increase worldwide. Turkey has already added almost
180,000 subscribers to DSL services this year -- representing a growth of
39%.2
5 Belgium 21.0

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European Union (EU) countries continue to make up the world's number one
DSL region, accounting for almost one-third of total DSL subscribers
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Latin America 3,803,367 3.

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The DSL Forum is tailoring DSL to meet the needs of the next generation of
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The DSL Forum facilitates DSL's global dominance by advancing technical
developments , such as our next generation DSL network architecture
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*Members of the European Union are: Belgium, the Netherlands , Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and Spain , Austria, Finland and Sweden.

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The contents of this report are as follows:

Chapter 1 Austria 16

Chapter 2 Belgium 26

Chapter 3 Cyprus 36

Chapter 4 Denmark 38

Chapter 5 Finland 46

Chapter 6 France 52

Chapter 7 Germany 64

Chapter 8 Greece 74

Chapter 9 Ireland 80

Chapter 10 Italy 90

Chapter 11 Luxembourg 100

Chapter 12 Malta 106

Chapter 13 The Netherlands 108

Chapter 14 Portugal 118

Chapter 15 Spain 126

Chapter 16 Sweden 138

Chapter 17 United Kingdom 144

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Other Europe 1,658,074 1.23
Global Total 107,300,387 100.00

Source: Data provided for the DSL Forum by Point Topic

Latin America continues to show strong growth, gaining almost 420,000
subscribers in the first quarter of 2005.

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