China again topped the list in total broadband subscribers in...

China again topped the list in total broadband subscribers in Q3, followed by the U.S., Point Topic analysts said in their latest world broadband statistics report. China had more than 124 million subscribers, up more than 5 percent from the previous quarter, while the U.S. had nearly 86 million, an increase of 1.5 percent, they said. China’s subscriber base is growing so much faster than the U.S.’s that China’s likely to stay in the lead for the foreseeable future, they said. Together, China and the U.S. have more than 41 percent of worldwide broadband subscribers, the analysts said. Other “top 10” countries were India, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Mexico, France and Italy, they said. There were 509 million broadband subscribers globally in Q3, up nearly 12 percent from the year-ago quarter, the report said. DSL remains the most common technology, followed by cable and fiber, it said. China has the largest DSL market, North America the most cable modem subscribers and Asia the lion’s share of the fiber market, it said.