Broadband subscribers reach 283 million in OECD at end of 2009: report

PARIS - The number of broadcast subscribers in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) topped 283 million at December 2009, an increase of 48 million subscribers from its 2007 data. The report now includes Chile as a member of the OECD. According to the report, Canada ranked 8th out of the 31 countries with 9.98 million broadband subscribers. The United States was first with 81.15 million, followed by Japan and Germany with 31.63 million and 24.84 million, respectively. The average penetration rate across the OECD has grown to 23.3 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, up from 22.8 in June...