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Follow on Google News | US Jumps to 7th in Wireless Broadband Penetration Worldwide - Korea Reaches 100% Wireless SaturationThe United States jumped from 24th place to 7th place in wireless broadband penetration worldwide, according to a recent survey. Korea, Sweden and Finland top all countries in wireless broadband subscribers.
By: Website Optimization, LLC US Jumps to 7th in Wireless Broadband Penetration The US jumped from 24th place to 7th place in wireless broadband penetration worldwide, according to a survey from the OECD (see Figure 1). Korea leads all countries surveyed with 100.6 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (more than 100% penetration, no doubt from multiple devices), followed by Sweden at 98%, Finland at 87.8%, Japan at 82.4%, Denmark at 81.5%, Norway at 77.9%, and the US at 76.1%. In our last wireless survey the US was at 54% penetration (see the September 2011 Bandwidth Report for details). See Figure 1: Wireless Broadband Penetration by Country - December 2011 http://www.websiteoptimization.com/ Wireless Broadband Trends The top three countries (Korea, Sweden and Finland) have most of their wireless broadband subscribers from dedicated data subscriptions (see Figure 2). Japan had all of its wireless broadband subscribers from standard wireless plans, and could improve its position (and data speeds) by offering more dedicated data plans. See Figure 2: Wireless Broadband Penetration by Country and Technology - December 2011 http://www.websiteoptimization.com/ Further Reading: Organization for Economic Development December 2011 Broadband Survey (July 2012). http://www.oecd.org/ US Wireless Broadband Penetration 24th Worldwide The US ranks 24th in wireless broadband penetration worldwide, according to an ITU survey. http://www.websiteoptimization.com/ About Website Optimization: Website Optimization provides services and techniques to improve web site performance: Andy King’s new book titled “Website Optimization: End
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