The FTTH Council Europe has been monitoring annually the evolution of full-fibre deployment throughout Europe since 2012. This essential work has been driven by the Market Intelligence Committee which publishes our flagship report FTTH/B Market Panorama, complete with FTTH Forecasts for Europe. The survey is commissioned through an external partner and the role of the Committee is to complete and refine these data based on the comprehensive input coming from the network of experts from our 150 members active in all European countries.

FTTH members have access to a more detailed version of the report with granular information regarding the individual FTTH markets in each of the 39 countries surveyed.

Two more reports have been produced under initiative of the Market Intelligence Committee, and launched during the last FTTH Virtual Conference 2021: the latest figures of the FTTH Forecasts for 2021 and 2026 and an overview of fibre deployments in rural areas.

The Market Intelligence Committee is also involved in other studies such as Copper Switch Off, Best Practices in Fibre advertising and the Socio Economic Impact of FTTH.

 

FTTH Market Forecasts 2022-2027

May 24, 2022
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The market forecasts are consistent with the previous estimates and foresee around 199 M homes passed for FTTH/B in 2027 in EU27+UK and 309 M homes passed in EU39 region. It is expected that the top 3 countries in terms of homes passed will be France (31.1 M), United Kingdom (30.1 M) and Germany (26.9 M). This forecast exercise highlights the ongoing digital transformation of European countries, and FTTH is playing a major role in this digital inclusion.

According to the forecasts, the number of subscribers is expected to reach 124 M in EU27+UK and 190 M in EU39 region.

The take-up rate will experience steady growth in both regions, with number of subscribers against homes passed expected to reach 62.2% in EU27+UK and 61.4% in EU 39.

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